South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology : Query result

Proto-!Wi : *!o (*ǂ-)

Meaning : smell

|Xam : !kāo, !khā́ū, !kháu, !kháuwa, !khou, !kou (B.); !khóu, !khōū (Ll.)

#Khomani : !koa=si "smell" (Dk.)

References : Bleek 408, 424, 428, 438, 444.

Proto-!Wi : *!(o)e

Stems : *!(o)e-^ŋ

Meaning : grandfather; grandchild

|Xam : !kó^ŋïṅ, !kṓïṅ, !kõïnya, !kṓë^ŋnya (B.); !kò^ŋïṅ, !kŏ^ŋḯṅ, !kŏ^ŋïṅyã̄ (Ll.); !kɔŋ "grandfather" (D.B.); !kṓïte_, !kóëtè "grandmother" (B.); !kóïtĕ "id." (Ll.)

//Ng : !koike "grandmother"

#Khomani : !kȭ "grandfather", !koice "grandmother" (Mg.)

//Xegwi (Batwa) : !xēna "grandfather" (?)

|Auni : !kõ "uncle"

References : Bleek 436, 439, 440, 442, 499; Maingard 243.

Proto-!Wi : *!oe

Meaning : to carry

#Khomani : !koeja (Mg.)

References : Bleek 439; Maingard 246.

Proto-!Wi : *!oe

Meaning : now

#Khomani : !khoe, !koe, !koi (Mg.)

References : Bleek 427, 439; Maingard 247.

Proto-!Wi : *!oe

Meaning : puff adder

N|huki : !oeke, !oikje

References : NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *!o[-i]

Meaning : moon

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Auni : !koi, !kõi

|Haasi : !hwi

References : Bleek 400, 440; Bleek 1929: 59.

Proto-!Wi : *!oN- (?)

Meaning : to grow, sprout

|Xam : !kór̃́r̃́iṅ (B.), !ko̯ṅ, !kŏö̆́ṅ (Ll.)

References : Bleek 442, 443.

Proto-!Wi : *!ou

Meaning : body

|Xam : !ouka, !oukǝn, !kauʔui, !auuki (B.); !kaŭ́ü̆̀kǝn, !káuükā, emph. !káuükakǝn; !kōū́ükǝn (Ll.)

References : Bleek 372, 416, 445, 492.

Proto-!Wi : *!ɔ̃

Meaning : brain

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : !kún̄n̄ (B.); !kúṅ (Ll.)

N|huki : !ǝn-kje

//Kxau : !aṅ

References : Bleek 407, 453; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *!ɔ (?)

Meaning : many

|Haasi : !ɔ̄ ɔ̄ kʔa

References : Story 21.

Proto-!Wi : *!ɔa-xu (*ɡ!-)

Meaning : sky

|Xam : !gwáx`u, !gwạ́x`u (B.); !gwạ́x`u (Ll.)

//Ng : !āxu, !kāxu

#Khomani : !gḁ, !gaḁ (Dk.)

//Ku//e : -dɔaxu (? dsaxu), -dzaxu

//Xegwi (Batwa) : gaʔa, ǯaʔagu, gaʔagu (LH)

References : Bleek 27, 31, 373, 374, 391, 418; LHa 99; LHb 48.

Proto-!Wi : *!qʔa

Meaning : striped polecat

N|huki : !qʔaa, !xʔaa

References : NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *!qãũ

Stems : *!qãũ-i

Meaning : to fill, full

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : !káuṅ-a "full", !káuĭṅ, !káuëṅ, !kaúënya "to be full, satisfied" (B.); !káuṅ-ă "to fill", =!kʔãũ, !kắuïṅ, !káũïṅ, !kāū^ŋënyă^ŋ, !kṓūïṅ, !kṓūïṅya "to be full" (Ll.)

//Ng : !xʌŋ "to be full, make full"

N|huki : !qǝ̃ĩ-ja

|Auni : ||kãũ "to fill" (?)

References : Bleek 411, 413, 414, 415, 445, 503, 561; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *!qha

Meaning : water

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : !kwá, !khoā, !khwā, !khwā̀ (B.); !kwā, !kwá, !kwă^ŋ, !khwā, !khwāgǝn (Ll.)

//Ng : !hā, !hagǝn, !hāŋ, !hake, !kā, !kha, ||khā

N|huki : !qhaa

#Khomani : -!kha, !khḁ (Dk.); !kha (Mg.)

//Ku//e : kho

!Gã!ne : !oa, !owa

//Xegwi (Batwa) : khā, ||kha; qhaa (LH)

|Auni : !kā, khā, khai, ||khāa

|Haasi : ka

|Nusan : !koa

References : Bleek 75, 88, 89, 394, 402, 423, 427, 431, 437, 457, 490, 496, 572; LHb 48; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *!qhae

Meaning : grey (of hair)

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

N|huki : !qhae-kja, !qhae-kje

References : NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *!qhoe

Meaning : lion

//Ng : !ɔhékia

N|huki : !qhoe

#Khomani : !kweike (Dk.)

//Kxau : !hoḗ_ti

Seroa : !gõiṅ (Wu.)

References : Bleek 427, 463, 491; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *!qho̰

Meaning : to stretch out arms

N|huki : !qho̰o̰

References : NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *!qhũĩ

Meaning : fat (adj.)

N|huki : !qhũĩ-ǝ, !qhue-ǝ

References : NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *hu-

Meaning : all

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

N|huki : huniki

#Khomani : hunikje (Mg.)

References : Bleek 65; Maingard 240; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *!u

Meaning : shoe; heel

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : !ku (B.); !kúkǝn "boots", !kŭ̀kǝn "heel" (Ll.); !kú!ku (B.), !kúkǝn!kúkǝn (Ll.) "to put on shoes"

//Ng : !kū

#Khomani : !ku (Mg.)

References : Bleek 447, 455; Maingard 240.