West Central Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-West Khoe : *kxáí

Meaning : face; surface

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : kxʔáí

Kxoe (Hukwe) : kxʔéí (Kö.)

Naro : kxʔéí (V.); kxʔéé, kxʔéí, kxʔáí, ǂkxe (Ba.)

|Gwi : kxʔéí; kxi-osha (Ta.)

//Gana : kxʔáí; kxai-osha (Ta.)

#Haba : kxʔáí

References : Barnard 63; Tanaka 34; Vossen 442.

Proto-West Khoe : *kxáĩ̀

Meaning : to laugh

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : kxʔã́ĩ̀

Kxoe (Hukwe) : kxʔã́ĩ́ (Kö.)

Buga : kxʔã́ĩ̀

|Ganda : kxʔã́ĩ̀

Naro : kxʔã́ĩ̀ (V.)

|Gwi : kxʔã́ĩ̀; !kxáen (Ta.)

//Gana : kxʔã́ĩ̀; kxáen (Ta.)

#Haba : kxʔã́ĩ̀

Notes : Cf. also Naro !kaa "laugh (intr.)"; ||kxe "to laugh at" (Ba.).

References : Barnard 144; Tanaka 55; Vossen 461.

Proto-West Khoe : *kxã́ĩ́

Meaning : vulture

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : kxʔã̀ĩ́

Kxoe (Hukwe) : kxʔã́ĩ́ (Kö.)

Buga : kxʔã́ĩ́

|Ganda : kxʔã́ĩ́

Naro : kxʔãẽ; kxʔã́ĩ́ (V.); kʔã́ĩ́ (Ba.)

|Gwi : kxʔã́ĩ́; kxaen (Ta.)

//Gana : kxʔã́ĩ́; kxaen (Ta.)

#Haba : kxʔã́ĩ̀

References : Barnard 43; Tanaka 104; Visser 1998: 134; Vossen 441-42.

Proto-West Khoe : *kxã́ĩ́

Meaning : liver

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : kxʔã̀ĩ́

Kxoe (Hukwe) : kxʔã̇ĩ́ (Kö.)

Buga : kxʔã̀ĩ́

|Ganda : kxʔã̀ĩ̀

Naro : kxʔã́ẽ́; kxʔã́ĩ́ (V.); kxʔi, kxʔã́ĩ́ (Ba.)

|Gwi : kʔã́ĩ́; !kaèn (Ta.)

//Gana : kʔã́ĩ́; !kaèn (Ta.)

#Haba : kʔã́ĩ́

References : Barnard 67; Tanaka 58; Visser 1998: 134; Vossen 462-63.

Proto-West Khoe : *kxáḿ

Meaning : mouth

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : kxʔáḿ

Kxoe (Hukwe) : kxʔáḿ

Buga : kxʔáḿ

|Ganda : kxʔáḿ

Naro : kxʔáḿ (V.); kxʔám, kʔám (Ba.)

|Gwi : kxʔáḿ; kxam (Ta.)

//Gana : kxʔáḿ; kxam (Ta.)

#Haba : kxʔáḿ

References : Barnard 64; KH; Tanaka 63; Vossen 468.

Proto-West Khoe : *kxáó

Meaning : arrow

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : kxʔáó

Kxoe (Hukwe) : kxʔao "tip of arrow" (Ha.)

Buga : kxʔáó

|Ganda : kxʔáó

Naro : kxʔáó (V.)

|Gwi : kxʔáó; kxao (Ta.)

//Gana : kxʔáó; kxao (Ta.)

#Haba : kxʔáó

References : Barnard 93; Haacke 1997: 183; Tanaka 6; Vossen 475.

Proto-West Khoe : *kxáò

Meaning : man, manly

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : kxʔáò

Kxoe (Hukwe) : kxʔáò; kchaukwe (Sei.)

Buga : kxʔáò

Naro : kxʔáò (V.); kʔáù-khùè (Ba.)

|Gwi : kxʔáò; kxao-kue (Ta.)

//Gana : kxʔáó; kxao-kue (Ta.)

#Haba : kxʔáò

Tsaukwe : kchau kwe

References : Barnard 70; Bleek 96; KH; Tanaka 60; Vossen 465-6.

Proto-West Khoe : *-kxào

Meaning : inclinative suffix

//Ani : -kxʔàò

Kxoe (Hukwe) : -kxʔàò (Kö.)

Naro : -kxʔáó (V.)

#Haba : -kxʔàò

References : Vossen 194, 209.

Proto-West Khoe : *kxáòm

Meaning : right; true

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : kxʔáò-m (V.); kʔáù, kxʔáù "right" (Ba.)

|Gwi : kxaom-ǂoe (Ta.)

//Gana : kxaom-ǂoe (Ta.)

References : Barnard 119; Tanaka 79.

Proto-West Khoe : *kxárá

Meaning : impala

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : kxʔádá

Kxoe (Hukwe) : kxʔádá (Kö.)

Buga : kxʔádá

|Ganda : kxʔádá

References : Vossen 453.

Proto-West Khoe : *kxáú

Meaning : bitter

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : kxʔàú

Kxoe (Hukwe) : kxʔéú (Kö.)

Buga : kxʔáú

|Ganda : kxʔáú

Naro : kxʔáú (V.)

|Gwi : ekxau (Ta.)

//Gana : ekxau (Ta.)

#Haba : kxʔáú

References : Tanaka 13; Vossen 424.

Proto-West Khoe : *kxâ

Meaning : to drink

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : kxʔâ

Kxoe (Hukwe) : kxʔáà

Buga : kxʔâ

|Ganda : kxʔâ

Naro : kxʔâ (V.); kxʔáà, kʔáà (Ba.)

|Gwi : kxʔâ; kxxá (Ta.)

//Gana : kxʔâ; kxxá (Ta.)

#Haba : kxʔâ

References : Barnard 136; KH; Tanaka 30; Vossen 497.

Proto-West Khoe : *kxɛ̌

Meaning : to cry, sound, weep

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : kxʔɛ̌

Kxoe (Hukwe) : kxʔɛ́ (Kö.)

Buga : kxʔɛ́

|Ganda : kxʔé

Naro : kxʔɛ́í (V.); kxʔáé, kxʔéé (Ba.)

|Gwi : kxʔɛ́; kxae (Ta.)

//Gana : kxʔê; kxae (Ta.)

#Haba : kxʔáú

References : Barnard 134; Tanaka 25; Vossen 487-88.

Proto-West Khoe : *kxó

Meaning : (to eat) meat

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : kxʔǒ

Kxoe (Hukwe) : kxʔó "to eat meat", kxʔó-xò "meat"

Buga : kxʔó

|Ganda : kxʔó

Naro : kxʔó (V.); k"oxo "meat", k"ō "to eat meat" (B.); kʔòò, kxʔòò, kʔòxó (Ba.); kʔó, kxʔó "to eat meat" (Ba.)

|Gwi : kxʔô; kò (Ta.)

//Gana : kxʔô; kò (Ta.)

#Haba : kxʔó

Notes : The verbal meaning seems to be primary, with *kxó-xo "meat" as the noun derivative.

References : Barnard 69, 137; Bleek 123, 125; KH; Tanaka 31; Vossen 433.

Proto-West Khoe : *kxóà

Meaning : new

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : kxʔóà

Kxoe (Hukwe) : kxʔóa; kxʔoa (Ha.)

References : Haacke 1997: 182; Vossen 471.

Proto-West Khoe : *kxúí

Meaning : to speak

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : kxʔùí

Kxoe (Hukwe) : kxʔúí (Kö.)

Buga : kxʔùí

|Ganda : kxʔùí

Naro : kxʔúí (V.); kʔúí, kxʔúí (Ba.)

|Gwi : kxʔúí; kxoi (Ta.)

//Gana : kxʔúí; kxoi (Ta.)

#Haba : kxʔùí

References : Barnard 155; Tanaka 90; Vossen 493.

Proto-West Khoe : *kxúĩ̀

Meaning : to live

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : kxʔṹĩ̀

Kxoe (Hukwe) : kxʔṹĩ̀ (Kö.)

Buga : kxʔṹĩ̀

|Ganda : kxʔṹĩ̀

Naro : kxʔṹĩ̀ (V.)

|Gwi : kxoyāha (Ta.)

//Gana : kxʔṹĩ̀; kxoyāha (Ta.)

#Haba : kxʔṹĩ̀

References : Barnard 145; Tanaka 58; Vossen 462.

Proto-West Khoe : *kxúni

Meaning : louse

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : kxʔùní

Kxoe (Hukwe) : kxʔúni

Buga : kxʔúní

|Gwi : kxʔúní

//Gana : kxʔúnì

References : KH; Vossen 462.

Proto-West Khoe : *-mà

Meaning : dative suffix

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : -mà

Kxoe (Hukwe) : -mȧ (Kö.)

Buga : -mà

|Ganda : -mà

Naro : -má (V.)

|Gwi : -mâ

#Haba : -mà

References : Vossen 193, 209.

Proto-West Khoe : *ma(^ŋ)

Meaning : interr. base

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ma "who?"

Kxoe (Hukwe) : màa-xu "who"; mã́ "who?" (Kö.)

Buga : ma "who? which?"

Naro : m "what?" (V.)

|Gwi : mã̂ "what?"

//Gana : mâ "what?"

References : KH; Vossen 262-265.