South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology : Query result

Proto-!Wi : *!u

Meaning : man

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : !ku, !kung (B. early), !ku go̥ā́ī "man", !ku |a "girl", !ku |āīti "woman" (B.), !kŭ (Ll.)

//Ng : =!ku a "that man"

Seroa : !ku "person, somebody"

|Nusan : !gū

Notes : See also *!ui.

References : Bleek 388, 447.

Proto-!Wi : *!ui

Meaning : person

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : !ku̯i, emph. !ku̯iten, !ku̯iya (B.); !kŭ́i, !ku̯ĭ́, !ku̥ĭ́, !ku̥ĭ́yă (Ll.)

//Ng : !kwi; !kwa

N|huki : !ui

//Kxau : !u̯ī "man"

//Xegwi (Batwa) : kwi; kwī (LH)

|Nusan : !gui

Notes : See also *!u; this root is probably an old derivate with a former affixal -i. (|Nusan seems to have both !gu and !gu-i as complete synonyms).

References : Bleek 114, 388, 458, 466; NFn; Meinhof 1929: 186; LHb 48.

Proto-!Wi : *!u[i]

Meaning : white

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : !kúïta (B.); !kŭ́ïtǝn, !kŭïtă (Ll.)

N|huki : !huri-ǝ, !ʔuri-jǝ

#Khomani : ŋ!ʔurija, !ʔurija (Mg.)

//Kxau : !ui

Notes : The N|huki/#Khomani forms should rather be treated as Nama borrowings (Proto-Khoekhoe *!ʔuri 'white'); however, the |Xam and //Kxau forms are probably original.

References : Bleek 450, 493; Maingard 243; Meinhof 1929: 188; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *hV

Meaning : this, that

|Xam : ha, he, he_, hhṅṅ "this, that" (B.); he, he_ (Ll.)

//Ng : hn "that"

//Kxau : hẹ̄ "this"

//Xegwi (Batwa) : ha "this, that"

|Auni : ha "that", hi "that, here"

References : Bleek 55, 59, 61, 62; Meinhof 1929: 185.

Proto-!Wi : *!₁ʔu

Meaning : two

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : !kū́, !ū (B.); !kū́ (Ll.)

//Ng : !ku, !u

N|huki : !ʔuu

#Khomani : !ʔu (Mg.)

//Kxau : !ʔū

//Ku//e : !ʔu

//Xegwi (Batwa) : ||ku, ||u; kʔuu, tsʔuu (LH)

|Auni : !u

References : Bleek 448, 473, 485, 492, 591, 622, 627; LHa 117; Maingard 240; Meinhof 1929: 188; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *i

Meaning : we (incl.)

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : i, ī (B.); ĭ (Ll.)

//Ng : i; he

N|huki : ii

//Kxau : ʔi

//Ku//e : i

Seroa : ī

//Xegwi (Batwa) : i; i-, ʔiʔe (LH)

|Auni : i

|Haasi : i=tjōa

Notes : Cf. also the "dative" forms in |Xam: hī (B.), hī, hì, hí (Ll.)

References : Bleek 60, 67; LHa 109; Meinhof 1929: 188; NFn.

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