North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: *ǀʼŋ

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: blood

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ǀʼáŋ (n5 -si) "blood; money" // ǀʼáŋ-ǀʼáŋ "to bloody (someone's nose or eyes in a fight)"

ǀǀAuǀǀen : ǀʼĩ

Nogau : ǀʼā̀ ~ ǀʼao ~ ǀʼou (?)

!Kung (Lloyd) : ǀʼĩ ~ ǀʼĩŋ

!O!Kung (Snyman): ǀʼàṁ

Tsumkwe : ǀʼàng

Tsintsabis : ǀʼàng

Okongo : ǀʼang

Mpunguvlei : ǀām̄m̀

Cuito : ǀām̄m̀

Cuando : ǀām̄m̀

South Omatako : ǀʼāng

North Omatako : ǀʼāng

Kameeldoring : ǀʼāng

Lister : ǀʼã̀ĩ

Notes : Nogau forms look more like recent re-borrowings from Central Khoisan than inherited forms.

References : Bleek 268, 269, 292, 357; Dickens 295; Snyman 1980: 34; Snyman 1997: 86.

RefLex number: 1915

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