South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology : Query result

Proto-!Wi : *do-

Meaning : to be bewitched (to blindness)

|Xam : ddo_̆ddọ́ttǝn (Ll.)

References : Bleek 27.

Proto-!Wi : *doã

Meaning : to pick up, collect

|Auni : dwã

References : Bleek 30.

Proto-!Wi : *doai-

Meaning : to refuse, be unwilling, take no notice of

|Xam : ddu̥áitǝn, ddwāiïtǝn (Ll.)

References : Bleek 30.

Proto-!Wi : *do̰a

Meaning : to be able, be obliged to, can, must, should, might

|Xam : dọ́ä (B.); ddọ́ä (Ll.)

References : Bleek 26-27.

Proto-!Wi : *d́o̰m

Meaning : throat

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ddọ́mm (B.); ddọ́mm (Ll.)

N|huki : ʒ́um

#Khomani : dom (Mg.)

|Haasi : |oem

References : Bleek 27, 29, 248; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *dou

Meaning : to grow tall, spread, scatter

|Xam : ddōū, ddōūkǝn (Ll.)

References : Bleek 28.

Proto-!Wi : *dou-

Meaning : to stagger

|Xam : ddōūwa (Ll.)

References : Bleek 28.

Proto-!Wi : *dU

Meaning : zebra

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ddoù (Ll.)

References : Bleek 28.

Proto-!Wi : *-dui-

Meaning : to come down, fall

|Xam : ddŭ́ddwítǝn (Ll.)

References : Bleek 29.

Proto-!Wi : *dun

Meaning : to heal, cure, recover

|Xam : dun̄́, dun̄́-na (Ll.)

References : Bleek 29.

Proto-!Wi : *duru

Meaning : to limp, walk slowly, painfully

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ddurru (B.)

References : Bleek 29.

Proto-!Wi : *dV-

Meaning : to hide, cover

|Xam : dámmă "hidden" (Ll.); dẹ́bbi "to cover, close" (Ll.); dimmidimmi "to be hidden" (B.)

References : Bleek 21, 23, 26.

Proto-!Wi : *d₁i

Meaning : to do; vb. particle

|Xam : dĭ, dī (B.); ddĭ, ddī (Ll.)

//Kxau : tī

|Auni : ti

|Nusan : di

Notes : Cf. also dā (B.), ddā (Ll.) "to work for, act towards, etc., usually past tense of di".

References : Bleek 19, 24-25, 201.

Proto-!Wi : *e

Meaning : he

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Gã!ne : e

//Xegwi (Batwa) : e

References : Bleek 36.

Proto-!Wi : *e

Meaning : to be

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : e, é (B.); ĕ (Ll.)

//Ng : e

//Ku//e : e

//Xegwi (Batwa) : e

|Auni : e

References : Bleek 35.

Proto-!Wi : *ɛ̃

Meaning : flesh, meat

|Xam : ã̄, ã̄ŋ, ãŋ (B.); aa (Lich.); ã̄́, ã̄̀ (Ll.); eṅ, eṅ-eṅ, eínya, eĩṅeĩṅya, emph. eṅyań (B.); ĕń, ĕ́ṅĕ́ṅ, ĕṅĕṅ́ya (Ll.)

//Ng : eng (A-son)

#Khomani : heǂʔi (Dk.) (?)

//Kxau : ʔāṅ

//Ku//e : õasi

|Nusan : an

Notes : ǂKhomani belongs here if he = hẽ (cf. in Bleek's index: "hẽ ǂʔi"?), and ǂʔi possibly = "red".

References : Bleek 5, 9-10, 37, 39, 60, 153; Meinhof 1929: 185.

Proto-!Wi : *ɛ̃

Meaning : to eat

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ã̄, hã̄ (B.); hã̄, hā (Ll.)

//Ng : ã, ẽ

N|huki : ʔã

#Khomani : ã, ãĩ (Mg.)

//Kxau : ʔă

//Ku//e : ẽ

!Gã!ne : ã-ã, ãĩ-ãĩ

//Xegwi (Batwa) : ã, ẽ; ʔĩĩ, ʔiŋ (LH)

|Auni : -ha, -haa

|Haasi : -ā

Notes : Cf. ||Kxau adi "food"? Cf. also |Xam hḁḿm (B.), he_m̄́m̄ (Ll.) "to eat, devour, consume".

References : Bleek 3, 6, 36, 54; LHa 99; Maingard 245; Meinhof 1929: 185; NFn.

Proto-!Wi : *ga

Meaning : to be

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

//Ku//e : ga

References : Bleek 41.

Proto-!Wi : *gEre

Meaning : to rejoice

|Xam : ggĕ́rrĭyà, geŕŕigeŕŕiyà (B.); gge_̆́rrĕ, ggĕ́rrĭ (Ll.)

References : Bleek 46.

Proto-!Wi : *gEru

Meaning : to smart, be sore

|Xam : ge_́rrukǝn (Ll.)

References : Bleek 46.