South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology : Query result

Proto-!Wi : *cʔe (*-i)

Meaning : back, backwards

|Xam : tsʔẽ̄, tsẽ, tsẽ̄ṅx`u, tsʔē_nxu, tsʔḗ^ŋx`u, tsī̃, tsʔĩ, tsʔīnxu (B.); ttssé, tsʔĕ́, tssī̃, tssī̃ṅxu (Ll.)

N|huki : ki tsʔin "back of something"

References : Bleek 214, 215, 216, 217-18; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *cʔi

Meaning : to bite

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : tsī, tsʔi, tsʔī, tshī, tshʔī (B.); ttssʔī, tssī́ (Ll.)

//Ng : tsi, =tsʔi

N|huki : tsʔi, tsʔii

#Khomani : tsʔii (Dk.); tsʔii "to ache" (Mg.)

!Gã!ne : tšĩ

//Xegwi (Batwa) : tsʔī (LH)

|Auni : tsʔī "to ache"

|Haasi : tsī; tsʔisa "snake"

|Nusan : tsʔi

References : Bleek 214, 215-16, 228; LHb 48; Maingard 243; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *cʔoa

Meaning : flat, plain

|Xam : sswā́, ssʔwā, tsʔoá, tsoā (B.), sswā́, swā (Ll.)

References : Bleek 175, 219.

Proto-!Wi : *cʔoro

Meaning : old

|Xam : tsʔórokǝn, tsʔóroki (B.), ttssóroka, tssʔórŏkǝn (Ll.)

References : Bleek 220.

Proto-!Wi : *cʔou (?)

Meaning : pips, seeds

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Auni : tsʔou

References : Bleek 220.

Proto-!Wi : *cʔu

Meaning : to blow (of wind)

|Xam : tsʔú (B.); tssʔŭ, after neg. tssʔū́ï; tchŭ, ttchŭ (Ll.)

//Ng : tsʔu

|Auni : tsu, tsʔuse, tšʔū

|Haasi : -dʒoe

References : Bleek 33, 220, 235.

Proto-!Wi : *cʔuru

Meaning : mouse

N|huki : tsʔuruke

#Khomani : tsʔuruke (Dk.)

References : Bleek 221; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *cxan

Meaning : excrement

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

N|huki : cxǝn

References : NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *da-

Meaning : to deceive

|Xam : ddáinddáinya, ddauddáu (B.); ddáinddáin, ddāū-ddaū́, dáttǝn, ddáttǝn (Ll.)

References : Bleek 20, 22.

Proto-!Wi : *da-

Meaning : to hang down, descend

|Xam : ddắttǝnddắttǝn, ddă-ddắt-tă (Ll.)

References : Bleek 22.

Proto-!Wi : *da

Stems : *da; *de

Meaning : person

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

//Ng : dɔ̄ "man, male"

//Ku//e : ||kũ-te "Bushman"

|Auni : da, de

Notes : The stem *da has exact correspondences in Taa; stem *de, however, is less clear; perhaps it should be analyzed as a contraction from *da-e, where -e = suffixal extension.

References : Bleek 19, 23, 26.

Proto-!Wi : *daba

Meaning : to wink

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : dábba, ddábba (B.); ddặ́bba-ddặ́bba "twinkling, blinking" (Ll.)

References : Bleek 20.

Proto-!Wi : *da̰i

Meaning : to look back, turn the head

|Xam : ddạ́itǝn, ddáitǝn (B.); ddạ̄́īten-ĩ (Ll.)

References : Bleek 21.

Proto-!Wi : *da̰ra

Meaning : to move

|Xam : ddạ́rrakǝn (B.); ddạ́rrăkǝn, ddạ́rraka (Ll.)

References : Bleek 22.

Proto-!Wi : *dara

Meaning : soft

|Xam : dădắrrakĕn (B.)

References : Bleek 20.

Proto-!Wi : *dau

Meaning : to spring

|Xam : ddāu (Ll.)

References : Bleek 22.

Proto-!Wi : *dau-

Meaning : to shut the eyes

|Xam : ddạ̄uökǝn (Ll.)

!Gã!ne : dukea "to sleep, shut eyes"

References : Bleek 22, 29.

Proto-!Wi : *de-

Meaning : to rise

|Xam : ddḗëkǝn (B.)

References : Bleek 23.

Proto-!Wi : *deri

Meaning : to pour, run down

|Xam : ddĕ́rrĭ (Ll.); dirríja, dirridírri "to wet, splash" (B.)

References : Bleek 24, 26.

Proto-!Wi : *d(j)e

Meaning : who, what, etc.

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ddé (B.); ddĕ́ (Ll.); ddĭ́ŋ "what?" (Ll.)

//Ng : gisi, kisi, djisi, |gisi "what?"

#Khomani : gjisi "what?" (Mg.)

//Kxau : dẹ̄, dǝ̆n, de_̆n

//Xegwi (Batwa) : thĩĩ

References : Bleek 23, 26, 46, 93, 279; LHa 118; Meinhof 1929: 188.