North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √cʰoa

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to brand (cattle)

Juǀʼhoan : cʰȍȁ // (n5 -si) "branding mark"

Notes : < Tswana.

References : Dickens 275.

RefLex number: 1598

Proto-Ju: √cʰu

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to drip slightly

Juǀʼhoan : cʰù-cʰù

References : Dickens 275.

RefLex number: 1600

Proto-Ju: √cʰu-

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: chair

Juǀʼhoan : cʰù-!ȁì-hã̀ (n3 -si)

References : Dickens 1994: 275.

RefLex number: 1601

Proto-Ju: √ci

Tonal pattern: HL [j]

Meaning: sieve, mesh

Juǀʼhoan : cíì (n3 -si) // cíì (n5 -si) "small hole"

Notes : Cf. *ʒʰi 'hole'; possibly the same word.

References : Dickens 276.

RefLex number: 1603

Proto-Ju: √ci

Meaning: to pin down

ǀǀAuǀǀen : cíː

References : Bleek 222.

RefLex number: 3019

Proto-Ju: √ci

Meaning: this

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

ǀǀAuǀǀen : ci "who; this, here" // či ~ če "this, here"

!O!Kung (Bleek) : či "here"

References : Bleek 216, 227, 229.

RefLex number: 3020

Proto-Ju: √cin

Meaning: to shake

!O!Kung (Bleek) : cincinse

References : Bleek 217.

RefLex number: 3022

Proto-Ju: √ciŋ

Meaning: footprints

!Kung (Lloyd) : ciŋ-a ~ cĩn-a "footprints of one thing"

!O!Kung (Bleek) : cʌŋʔa

References : Bleek 217.

RefLex number: 3021

Proto-Ju: √ciŋ

Meaning: cloak

!Kung (Wilhelm): tsiŋ-!a

References : Bleek 218.

RefLex number: 3023

Proto-Ju: √co

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: wild cucumber, Coccinea rehmannii

Juǀʼhoan : cò (n4)

References : Dickens 276.

RefLex number: 1605

Proto-Ju: √coʔm

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: tightness (of clothes or shoes)

Juǀʼhoan : còʔm (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 276.

RefLex number: 1608

Proto-Ju: √com

Meaning: picture

!O!Kung (Bleek) : com

References : Bleek 219.

RefLex number: 3024

Proto-Ju: √cora

Meaning: to advise smbd.

!Kung (Vedder): tsòra

References : Bleek 220.

RefLex number: 3025

Proto-Ju: √cuni

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to let off steam (e. g. of a car's radiator)

Juǀʼhoan : cúní

References : Dickens 276.

RefLex number: 1610

Proto-Ju: √cuni

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to flow out (of blood from a wound)

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : cȕnȉʰ

References : Dickens 276.

RefLex number: 1611

Proto-Ju: √cura

Meaning: to consult

!Kung (Wilhelm): cúːra // curaː "to persuade"

References : Bleek 221.

RefLex number: 3027

Proto-Ju: √cusi

Meaning: bottle

!Kung (Wilhelm): cúsi

References : Bleek 221.

RefLex number: 3028

Proto-Ju: √cxãĩ

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: fork

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : cxã̀ĩ̀-ɡ!áú-sì

Notes : Literally: 'hands of leguaan'?

References : Dickens 276.

RefLex number: 1613

Proto-Ju: √cxam

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to greet

Juǀʼhoan : cxám

References : Dickens 276.

RefLex number: 1615

Proto-Ju: √cxam

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to pinch something between the toes or fingers (in order to pick it up)

Juǀʼhoan : cxám

References : Dickens 276.

RefLex number: 1616