West Central Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-West Khoe : *-kà

Meaning : causative suffix

//Ani : -kà

Kxoe (Hukwe) : -kà (Kö.)

Buga : -kà

|Ganda : -kà

Naro : -ká-xù (V.)

|Gwi : -kà-xú

//Gana : -kà-xù

#Haba : -kà-xú

References : Vossen 193, 208.

Proto-West Khoe : *kã (*!-)

Meaning : to bend

//Ani : kã̌

References : Vossen 1986: 333.

Proto-West Khoe : *ka (*!-)

Meaning : to take off (clothes)

//Ani : kǎ

References : Vossen 1986: 342.

Proto-West Khoe : *kã (*!-)

Meaning : to run away; to fly

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Kxoe (Hukwe) : kyãã́ "run away, escape, fly"

References : KH.

Proto-West Khoe : *kaba (*!-)

Meaning : to grasp, take

Kxoe (Hukwe) : kyábá (Kö.)

References : Köhler 1981: 496.

Proto-West Khoe : *kabi

Meaning : to turn over

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : ka̰bi "return"; kà̰bḭ́ (V.); kàbí (Ba.)

#Haba : gábì "to turn over"

Notes : The ǂHaba form belongs either here or to PCKH *!nábí "to overturn", although there are irregularities in both cases.

References : Barnard 159; Visser 1998: 130; Vossen 498.

Proto-West Khoe : *káí

Meaning : big, many

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : káí (V.)

References : Barnard 115; KH; Vossen 445.

Proto-West Khoe : *kani (*!-)

Meaning : cooked meat

//Ani : kánì

References : Vossen 1986: 338.

Proto-West Khoe : *kanu (*!-)

Meaning : catfish

//Ani : kànú

References : Vossen 1986: 342.

Proto-West Khoe : *káó

Meaning : backside

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Kxoe (Hukwe) : káó (Kö.)

Naro : káó(-kà) (V.)

|Gwi : káó(-kà); kaoka "backward" (Ta.)

//Gana : kaoka "backward" (Ta.)

#Haba : káò(-kà)

References : Tanaka 9; Vossen 479-480.

Proto-West Khoe : *kare (*!-)

Meaning : to return

Kxoe (Hukwe) : kyáré (Kö.)

References : Köhler 1981: 489.

Proto-West Khoe : *kau (*!-)

Meaning : lamp, light

//Ani : káú

References : Vossen 1986: 335.

Proto-West Khoe : *-ke

Meaning : very-near-past tense suffix

|Gwi : -ke "present suffix"

//Gana : -ke

#Haba : -ke

References : Vossen 211.

Proto-West Khoe : *-khà[ra]

Meaning : n. du. marker for nouns

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : -khùà

Kxoe (Hukwe) : -kxà (Kö.)

Buga : -khyà

|Ganda : -khyà

Naro : -khoara (V.)

|Gwi : -khòàrà, -khòrà

//Gana : -khòàrà

#Haba : -khòàrà

References : Vossen 171-172.

Proto-West Khoe : *khau (*!h-)

Meaning : to lie (tell lies)

//Ani : khàú

References : Vossen 1986: 333.

Proto-West Khoe : *khâ

Meaning : to give (generously)

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : kháà

References : Visser 40.

Proto-West Khoe : *khǒ

Meaning : skin

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : khǒ

Kxoe (Hukwe) : kxòó; kxò (Kö.)

Buga : khǒ

|Ganda : khò

Naro : khò (V.); khòò, kxòò (Ba.)

|Gwi : khô; kô (Ta.)

//Gana : khô; kô (Ta.)

#Haba : khô

Tsaukwe : ko

References : Barnard 69; Bleek 95; KH; Tanaka 88; Vossen 448.

Proto-West Khoe : *khṍã́

Meaning : to break

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : khõ̀ã́

Naro : khṍã́ (V.); kṍã́ (Ba.)

|Gwi : (?) !kowa (Ta.)

//Gana : kowa (Ta.)

References : Barnard 131; Tanaka 16; Vossen 1986: 342.

Proto-West Khoe : *khoã

Meaning : to reap

//Ani : khṍã́

References : Vossen 1986: 342.

Proto-West Khoe : *khóbò

Meaning : warm (to be)

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : khóbò

Kxoe (Hukwe) : kxóbò

Buga : khóbò

|Ganda : khóbò

Naro : khóbò "to sweat" (V.)

|Gwi : kubu "sweat" (Ta.)

//Gana : kubu "sweat" (Ta.)

References : KH; Tanaka 94; Vossen 505.