North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: √buru

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: axe (long-handled, European kind)

Juǀʼhoan : bùrù (n3 -si)

References : Dickens 190.

RefLex number: 63

Proto-Ju: √buru

Meaning: fetish-stick

!O!Kung (Bleek) : búlu

References : Bleek 18.

RefLex number: 2839

Proto-Ju: √ca

Meaning: to beat

!Kung (Wilhelm): ca

References : Bleek 210.

RefLex number: 3009

Proto-Ju: √caʔaru

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: plant sp., Fockea angustifolia

Juǀʼhoan : càʔárú (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 275.

RefLex number: 1593

Proto-Ju: √caeˤ

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: male bullfrog

Juǀʼhoan : cȁèˤ (n2)

References : Dickens 274.

RefLex number: 1577

Proto-Ju: √cãˤ

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to grind (roasted nuts, etc.)

Juǀʼhoan : cã̀ˤ

References : Dickens 274.

RefLex number: 1579

Proto-Ju: √cãˤʔã

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to miss (when shooting)

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : cã̀ˤʔã́

References : Dickens 274, 275.

RefLex number: 1582

Proto-Ju: √cãˤʔã

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: hammer-head bird, Scopus umbretta

Juǀʼhoan : cã̀ˤʔã́-!ȁȍʰ ~ cã̀ʔã́-tȕù-tȕù (n2 -si)

References : Dickens 1994: 274.

RefLex number: 1583

Proto-Ju: √caˤʔo

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: leg-bracelet (esp. one made from the tail hairs of a giraffe)

Juǀʼhoan : cȁˤʔò (n4)

References : Dickens 274.

RefLex number: 1584

Proto-Ju: √caˤni

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to be churlish to (by not reacting a gesture of friendship), find something distasteful, eschew

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : càˤní // (n5 -si) "enmity, hate"

References : Dickens 274.

RefLex number: 1581

Proto-Ju: √caˤri

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: chair

Juǀʼhoan : cȁˤrì (n2 -si)

!Kung (Vedder): càri

!Kung (Wilhelm): cáriː "saddle" (! rather to sari 'saddle')

References : Bleek 212; Dickens 274.

RefLex number: 1587

Proto-Ju: √cam

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to tidy oneself up (e.g. after an illness)

Juǀʼhoan : cȁmm

References : Dickens 274.

RefLex number: 1574

Proto-Ju: √cam

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: the back points of a loincloth which are folded open and sat on

Juǀʼhoan : cȁmm (n5 -si)

References : Dickens 274.

RefLex number: 1575

Proto-Ju: √cam

Meaning: to sharpen (a piece of wood)

!Kung (Lloyd) : cːʌḿː

References : Bleek 222.

RefLex number: 3029

Proto-Ju: √came

Meaning: whip

!Kung (Lloyd) : cːaˤḿme

References : Bleek 211.

RefLex number: 3011

Proto-Ju: √cami

Meaning: long

!Kung (Wilhelm): camiː

References : Bleek 211.

RefLex number: 3010

Proto-Ju: √cani

Meaning: cord made of sanseveria

!O!Kung (Bleek) : cani

References : Bleek 212.

RefLex number: 3013

Proto-Ju: √cani

Meaning: to do gently

!Kung (Lloyd) : cacańni

References : Bleek 213.

RefLex number: 3015

Proto-Ju: √canu

Meaning: to work

!Kung (Lloyd) : tsãtsã́nũ

References : Bleek 213.

RefLex number: 3016

Proto-Ju: √caŋga

Meaning: to become mature, reach the age of puberty

!O!Kung (Bleek) : caŋgana

References : Bleek 212.

RefLex number: 3012