West Central Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-West Khoe : *ɳ||au

Meaning : meerkat

Naro : n||àu

References : Visser 1998: 134.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɳ||â

Meaning : horn

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɳ||nâ

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɳ||áà; ɳ||nâ (Kö.)

Buga : ɳ||nâ

|Ganda : ɳ||nâ

Naro : ɳ||nâ (V.); n||â (Ba.)

|Gwi : ɳ||nâ; nǂá (Ta.)

//Gana : ɳ||nâ; nǂá (Ta.)

#Haba : ɳ||nâ

References : Barnard 69; KH; Tanaka 47; Vossen 452.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɳ||â

Meaning : to tell, narrate

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɳ||nâ

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɳ||nâ (Kö.)

Buga : ɳ||nâ

|Ganda : ɳ||nâ

Naro : ɳ||àe; ɳ||nàé (V.)

#Haba : ɳ||nàé

References : Visser 1998: 134; Vossen 433.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɳ||ɛ́bɛ̀

Meaning : to wander around

//Ani : ɳ||nɛ́bɛ́

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɳ||ɛ́bɛ̇ (Kö.)

Buga : ɳ||ɛ́bɛ̀

|Ganda : ɳ||ɛ́bɛ̀

References : Vossen 449.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɳ||ɛ́[-rá]

Meaning : to count

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɳ||nɛ́

Buga : ɳ||ɛ́

|Ganda : ɳ||ɛ́

Naro : ɳ||nádá (V.)

|Gwi : ɳ||ɛ́dé

//Gana : ɳ||nádá

#Haba : ɳ||nádé

References : Barnard 134; Vossen 509.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɳ||o

Meaning : barren (woman)

//Ani : ɳ||nó-(khóé)

References : Vossen 1986: 328.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɳ||óá

Meaning : stone

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɳ||nóá

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɳ||góá; ɳ||óá (Kö.); ǂgnoa (Pa.)

Buga : ɳ||óá

|Ganda : ɳ||óá

Naro : ɳ||nò̰á̰ (V.); n||õ̀ã́, n||ũ̀ã́ (Ba.)

|Gwi : ɳ||òá; n|oa (Ta.)

//Gana : ɳ||óá; n|oa (Ta.)

#Haba : ɳ||nò̰á̰

Tsaukwe : ǂgoa

References : Barnard 35; Bleek 647; KH; Tanaka 92; Vossen 495.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɳ||óé

Meaning : moon, month

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɳ||nóɛ́

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɳ||góɛ́; ɳ||óɛ́ (Kö.)

Buga : ɳ||óɛ́

|Ganda : ɳ||óé

Naro : ɳ||(n)óé (V.); n||úé, n||óé (Ba.)

|Gwi : ɳ||óè; n||oe (Ta.)

//Gana : ɳ||óè; n||oe (Ta.)

#Haba : ɳ||nóè

Tsaukwe : ǂgnoe

References : Barnard 33; Bleek 647; KH; Tanaka 62; Vossen 467-68.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɳ||óm̀

Meaning : to have the mouth full

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɳ||nóm̀

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɳ||nóm̀ (Kö.)

#Haba : ɳ||nò̰ḿ "verschlingen"

References : Vossen 504.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɳ||órì

Meaning : nephew, niece

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɳ||nódì

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɳ||nódi̇ (Kö.)

Buga : ɳ||ódì

|Ganda : ɳ||údì

|Gwi : ɳ||ódì; n!ódim (Ta.)

//Gana : n!ódim (Ta.)

References : Tanaka 64; Vossen 471.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɳ||óró

Meaning : tree bark

Buga : ɳ||ódó

Notes : An isolated Buga form; possibly a borrowing from a North Khoisan source.

References : Vossen 149.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɳ||ubu

Meaning : to shake

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɳ||úbu̇ (Kö.)

Buga : ɳ||úbù

Naro : ɳ||nùbú (V.)

#Haba : ɳ||núbú

References : Vossen 427.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɳ||úì

Meaning : fat, oil

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɳ||núì

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɳ||gúì; ɳ||úì (Kö.)

Buga : ɳ||úì

|Ganda : ɳ||úì

Naro : ɳ||(n)úì (V.); n||úè (Ba.)

|Gwi : ɳ||úì; nǂúi (Ta.)

//Gana : ɳ||úì; nǂúi (Ta.)

#Haba : ɳ||núì

References : Barnard 68; KH; Tanaka 34; Vossen 435.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɳ||xao

Meaning : parrot

//Ani : ɳ||xáò

References : Vossen 1986: 328.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡǂai (*ǂh-?)

Meaning : springbok

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : ǂà̰ḭ́ (V.); g|ai, gǂai (Ba.)

|Gwi : !kaí (Ta.)

//Gana : !kaí (Ta.)

References : Barnard 39; Tanaka 91.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡǂaú

Meaning : a k. of bird (Hornrabe)

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɡǂáú

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɡǂéú (Kö.)

Buga : ɡǂàú

|Ganda : ɡǂàú

Naro : gǂao "small bird" (Ba.)

#Haba : ɡǂàú

References : Barnard 42; Vossen 452-3.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡǂe

Meaning : stiff

Naro : gǂèè

References : Visser 1998: 128.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡǂi

Meaning : thick (body)

Naro : gǂìì

References : Visser 1998: 128.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡǂǒ

Meaning : springhare

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɡǂô

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɡǂǒ (Kö.)

Buga : ɡǂǒ

|Ganda : ɡǂǒ

Naro : ɡǂǒ (V.); ǂoa, gǂoo (Ba.)

|Gwi : ɡǂǒ; g!yû (Ta.)

//Gana : g!yû (Ta.)

#Haba : ɡǂǒ

References : Barnard 41; Tanaka 91; Vossen 493.

Proto-West Khoe : *ɡǂóà

Meaning : ashes

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɡǂóà

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɡǂoá; |ē gŏā (W.) [said to be Tsaukwe but hardly so]

Buga : ɳǂòá

|Ganda : ɳǂòà

|Gwi : ɡǂúà; ǂdóa (Ta.)

//Gana : ɡǂóà; ǂdóa (Ta.)

Notes : Nasal efflux in Buga and |Ganda due to contamination with *ɳǂu "black"?

References : Bleek 47; KH; Tanaka 6; Vossen 417.