North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √ǂãĩ

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: shrub sp. used for medicinal or magical purposes

Juǀʼhoan : ǂã́ĩ́ (n3)

References : Dickens 298.

RefLex number: 1978

Proto-Ju: √ǂaiʰ

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to sway, lurch

Juǀʼhoan : ǂȁìʰ

References : Dickens 298.

RefLex number: 1976

Proto-Ju: √ǂam

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: spoon

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ɳǂʰàì-ǂàm

References : Dickens 245.

RefLex number: 1070

Proto-Ju: √ǂam

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to chop (meat)

Juǀʼhoan : ǂàmm

References : Dickens 298.

RefLex number: 1982

Proto-Ju: √ǂami

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: argument

Juǀʼhoan : ǂȁmì-à-kʰòè (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 1994: 298.

RefLex number: 1981

Proto-Ju: √ǂani

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: (to be) complete, finished

Juǀʼhoan : ǂání // ǂání-ʔàm "to lock"

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ǂeni

!O!Kung (Snyman): ǂàǹi

References : Dickens 298; Snyman 47; Snyman 1980: 9.

RefLex number: 1983

Proto-Ju: √ǂani

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to cost, be expensive

Juǀʼhoan : ǂànì

References : Dickens 1994: 299.

RefLex number: 1984

Proto-Ju: √ǂaniʰ

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: plant sp., Combretum engleri

Juǀʼhoan : ǂȁnìʰ (n3)

References : Dickens 299.

RefLex number: 1985

Proto-Ju: √ǂao

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: heart

Juǀʼhoan : ǂáó (n5 -si) //(?) ǂáó-ɳ!ṹsí, pl. ǂáóɡǀǀàsí (n5) "dimple"

References : Dickens 1994: 299.

RefLex number: 1986

Proto-Ju: √ǂao

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: genital organ (either sex)

Juǀʼhoan : ǂȁò-ɳ!ȁŋ (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 1994: 299.

RefLex number: 1989

Proto-Ju: √ǂaoʰ

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: to lack, be short of

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ǂȁòʰ

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ǂʰao

References : Dickens 299; Snyman 53.

RefLex number: 1988

Proto-Ju: √ǂara

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: friend

Juǀʼhoan : ǂàrà (n1 -si) // (?) ǂàrà "to keep guard over, guard"; ǂàrà-à-kʰòè kò "be age-mates, be friends"

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ǂara

References : Dickens 299; Snyman 51.

RefLex number: 1995

Proto-Ju: √ǂare

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: to glide (like a vulture)

Juǀʼhoan : ǂáré

References : Dickens 299.

RefLex number: 1996

Proto-Ju: √ǂare

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: earring

Juǀʼhoan : ǂàrè ~ ǂàrè-ǂàrè (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 1994: 299.

RefLex number: 1997

Proto-Ju: √ǂaro

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: road, path (esp. one made by ants)

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ǂáró (n4 -si)

References : Dickens 299.

RefLex number: 1998

Proto-Ju: √ǂau

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: giraffe

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ǂàù (n2)

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ǂeu

References : Dickens 299; Snyman 51.

RefLex number: 1999

Proto-Ju: √ǂau

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to be thick (of paper, fabric, etc.)

Juǀʼhoan : ǂȁȕ-ǂȁȕ-ȁ

References : Dickens 299.

RefLex number: 2004

Proto-Ju: √ǂãũ

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to pass

Juǀʼhoan : ǂã̀ũ̀ // ǂã̀ũ̀-sí (n5 -si) "place where one passes"

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ǂẽũ

References : Dickens 299; Snyman 31.

RefLex number: 2003

Proto-Ju: √ǂauʰ

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: speed

Juǀʼhoan : ǂȁȕʰ-sȉ (pl.) // ǂȁȕʰ-číá (n5 -si) "speedometer"

References : Dickens 299.

RefLex number: 2001

Proto-Ju: √ǂʼã

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: head-wound

Juǀʼhoan : ǂʼã́ (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 305.

RefLex number: 2127