North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √ʔnaˤru

Tonal pattern: XH [e]

Meaning: to suck

Ekoka : ʔnȁˤlú

References : KH 46.

RefLex number: 3004

Proto-Ju: √ʔnam

Tonal pattern: LL [e]

Meaning: k. of bird

Kavango : ʔnàm (W), nàm "bird species"

Ekoka : ʔnàm (1) "small bird sp. (stays mostly in grass)"

References : Heikkinen 1986; KH 46.

RefLex number: 3002

Proto-Ju: √a

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: particle (usually used to question a specific word of a sentence)

Juǀʼhoan : á

References : Dickens 188.

RefLex number: 1

Proto-Ju: √a

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: trans. suff. converting an intransitive verb into a transitive one

Juǀʼhoan : à

References : Dickens 188.

RefLex number: 3

Proto-Ju: √aʔã

Tonal pattern: HL [j]

Meaning: no (interj.)

Juǀʼhoan : áʔã̀

References : Dickens 188.

RefLex number: 18

Proto-Ju: √aba

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: teach (someone to be a healer)

Juǀʼhoan : àbà

References : Dickens 188.

RefLex number: 5

Proto-Ju: √aba

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to pack (up)

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : àbà-si

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): abasi

References : Dickens 188; Snyman 17.

RefLex number: 6

Proto-Ju: √aˤru

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: plant sp., Pleiotaxis antunesii

Juǀʼhoan : ǀǀȁˤrȕ (n3)

References : Dickens 1994: 329.

RefLex number: 2585

Proto-Ju: √aia

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to feign a movement

Juǀʼhoan : àìà

References : DIckens 188.

RefLex number: 9

Proto-Ju: √am

Tonal pattern: HL [j]

Meaning: to cover, wrap up (in a cloth), wrap up something hot in order to be able to pick it up

Juǀʼhoan : ám-ʔàm

References : Dickens 188.

RefLex number: 12

Proto-Ju: √amare

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: bucket, pail

Juǀʼhoan : àmàrè (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 188.

RefLex number: 11

Proto-Ju: √apara

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: apple

Juǀʼhoan : àpàl ~ àpàrà (n3 -si)

Notes : < Afrikaans.

References : Dickens 188.

RefLex number: 14

Proto-Ju: √auku

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: tsessebe (antelope)

Juǀʼhoan : ǀǀàùkú (n2)

References : Dickens 1994: 329.

RefLex number: 2603

Proto-Ju: √ba

Tonal pattern: LL [e]

Meaning: thou (2nd sg.)

Ekoka : bà

Notes : Cf., perhaps, here also !Kung (Lloyd) má ~ ḿ-a id.?

References : KH 15.

RefLex number: 2840

Proto-Ju: √ba

Tonal pattern: XL [e]

Meaning: to put one's mark on

Ekoka : bȁà

References : KH 15.

RefLex number: 2841

Proto-Ju: √baba

Tonal pattern: HL [j]

Meaning: to shoot (of plants), come into leaf

Juǀʼhoan : bábà

Notes : Cf. also bȁˤʔàrì id.

References : Dickens 189.

RefLex number: 23

Proto-Ju: √babari

Tonal pattern: XXL [j]

Meaning: jump up quickly and run away

Juǀʼhoan : bȁbȁrì

References : Dickens 189.

RefLex number: 24

Proto-Ju: √babi

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: wild petunia, Ipomoea magnusiana, Ipomoea obscura

Juǀʼhoan : bȁbì (n3 -si)

ǀǀAuǀǀen : bàbí "a plant, Ipomea longipes"

References : Bleek 13; Dickens 189.

RefLex number: 25

Proto-Ju: √baˤʔari

Tonal pattern: XLL [j]

Meaning: big tin container

Juǀʼhoan : bȁˤʔàrì (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 189.

RefLex number: 28

Proto-Ju: √baˤiki

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: coat, jacket

Juǀʼhoan : bȁˤìkì (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 189.

RefLex number: 27