West Central Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-West Khoe : *bàrá

Meaning : to swim

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : bàdá

Kxoe (Hukwe) : bàràá; bàdá (Kö.)

Buga : bàdá

Naro : bàdá; bàrá (Ba.)

Notes : Is this the same as Naro ba̰ra "go through"?

References : Barnard 156; KH; Visser 2; Vossen 490.

Proto-West Khoe : *bàrà

Meaning : rainy season

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Kxoe (Hukwe) : bàràa "begin (of rainy season)"; bàrà-kúrí "rainy season"

Naro : bada-sa (Ba.)

References : Barnard 126; KH.

Proto-West Khoe : *-bé

Meaning : negation morpheme

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : -bé

Kxoe (Hukwe) : bé; -bé(é) (Kö.)

Buga : -bé

|Ganda : -bé

References : KH; Vossen 203.

Proto-West Khoe : *be

Meaning : to be too heavy

Kxoe (Hukwe) : bɛ̀ɛ́; bɛ̌ (Kö.)

References : KH; Köhler 1981: 489.

Proto-West Khoe : *beje

Meaning : horse, zebra

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Kxoe (Hukwe) : bèyèé; bie "quagga" (Bal.); bihe "id." (Zuk.)

Naro : bìi; biie "zebra, horse" (Ba.)

Tsaukwe : bia "horse"

References : Barnard 39; Bleek 16; KH; Visser 3.

Proto-West Khoe : *bɛ̌

Meaning : to move/run away

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : bɛ̂

Kxoe (Hukwe) : bɛ̇ɛ̀; bɛ̌ (Kö.)

Buga : bɛ́

|Ganda : bɛ́

Naro : bèe-kxʔao "refugee"; (?) bēbē "to rush" (B.)

|Gwi : bě

//Gana : bè

References : Bleek 15; KH; Visser 3; Vossen 431.

Proto-West Khoe : *bó

Meaning : hatchet

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : bó

Kxoe (Hukwe) : bó

Buga : bǒ

|Ganda : bó

Naro : bòó; bǒ, bòó (Ba.)

|Gwi : bó; bô (Ta.)

//Gana : bó; bô (Ta.)

#Haba : bǒ

Tsaukwe : bo

References : Barnard 103; Bleek 16; KH; Tanaka 8; Visser 3; Vossen 421.

Proto-West Khoe : *bǔ

Meaning : to bark

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : bǔ

Kxoe (Hukwe) : buú

Buga : bǔ

Naro : bùú; bǔ (V.)

|Gwi : bu (Ta.)

//Gana : bu (Ta.)

#Haba : bǔ

References : Bleek 16; KH; Tanaka 10; Visser 4; Vossen 422.

Proto-West Khoe : *cʔán[ì]

Meaning : smoke; to smoke

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : cʔánì

Kxoe (Hukwe) : cʔánì

Buga : cʔánì

|Ganda : cʔánì

Naro : cʔínì (V.)

|Gwi : cʔɛ́nɛ̀; chene (Ta.)

//Gana : cʔínì; chene (Ta.)

#Haba : cʔínì

References : KH; Tanaka 88; Vossen 476.

Proto-West Khoe : *cʔáó

Meaning : to milk

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : cʔáó (V.); tsàó, tsàú (Ba.)

|Gwi : cʔáò

#Haba : cʔáó

References : Barnard 146; Vossen 466.

Proto-West Khoe : *cʔáó

Meaning : sandy place

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : cʔàó

Kxoe (Hukwe) : cʔáó (Kö.)

Buga : cʔáó

|Ganda : cʔáó

#Haba : cʔáó

References : Vossen 442.

Proto-West Khoe : *cʔàrí

Meaning : to extinguish

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Buga : cʔàrí

Naro : tsʔírí, tsírí (Ba.)

|Gwi : chiri (Ta.)

//Gana : chiri (Ta.)

References : Barnard 138; Tanaka 33; Vossen 155.

Proto-West Khoe : *cʔárú

Meaning : kidney

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : cʔàdú

Kxoe (Hukwe) : cʔédú (Kö.)

Buga : cʔádú

|Ganda : cʔádú

References : Vossen 471-72.

Proto-West Khoe : *cʔâ

Meaning : penis

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : cʔâ

#Haba : cʔâ "Penis, Hodensack"

References : Vossen 474.

Proto-West Khoe : *cʔã̂

Meaning : to steal

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : cʔã̂

Kxoe (Hukwe) : cʔã̂ (Kö.)

Buga : cʔã̂

|Ganda : cʔã̂

Naro : cʔã̂ (V.); tsã, tsʔa (Ba.)

|Gwi : cʔã̂; ťsa (Ta.)

//Gana : cʔã̂; ťsa (Ta.)

#Haba : cʔã̂

References : Barnard 156; Tanaka 92; Vossen 495.

Proto-West Khoe : *cʔê

Meaning : sharp

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : cʔɛ̂

Buga : cʔɛ̂

Naro : cʔê (V.); tsʔee, tsse (Ba.)

|Gwi : ťsē (Ta.)

//Gana : cʔê; ťsē (Ta.)

#Haba : cʔê

References : Barnard 119; Tanaka 85; Vossen 483.

Proto-West Khoe : *cʔí

Meaning : buttock

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : cʔí

Buga : cʔǐ

|Ganda : cʔí

Naro : cʔí (V.); tsì (Ba.)

|Gwi : cʔí; chì (Ta.)

//Gana : cʔì; chì (Ta.)

#Haba : cʔí

References : Barnard 65; Tanaka 18; Vossen 442.

Proto-West Khoe : *cʔî

Meaning : to limp

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : cʔî

Buga : cʔî

|Ganda : cʔî

Naro : cʔî (V.)

|Gwi : cʔî

#Haba : cʔî

References : Barnard 145; Vossen 450.

Proto-West Khoe : *cʔó

Meaning : to decay, rot

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : cʔó

Kxoe (Hukwe) : cʔó (Kö.)

Buga : cʔó

|Ganda : cʔó

Naro : cʔó (V.)

|Gwi : cʔòdó; churu (Ta.)

//Gana : cʔódó; churu (Ta.)

#Haba : cʔódó

References : Barnard 135; Tanaka 80; Vossen 500.

Proto-West Khoe : *cʔó

Meaning : to drive cattle

//Ani : cʔó

References : Vossen 180.