North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: *ɡǂʰo-e ~ *ɡǂʰo-ĩ

Tonal pattern: HH [j] ~ MM [k] ~ MM [e]

Meaning: dog

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ɡǂʰṹĩ́ ~ ɡǂʰóá // ɡǂʰṹĩ́-ɡ!ã̀ũ̀-ɡ!ánú (n3 -si) "rainbow"; ɡǂʰṹĩ́-mà, pl. ɡǂʰúí-mʰí "puppy"

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ɡǂʼʰwĩ ~ ɡǂʼʰwa

ǀǀAuǀǀen : !ɔ

!Kung (Lloyd) : ǂwé ~ ǂʰwé

!Kung (Doke): ǂʼʰwiː ~ ŋǂʼʰwiː

!Kung (Vedder): ɡǂɔ́e

!O!Kung (Bleek) : ǂwé

Kavango : ɡǂʰóe

Ekoka : ɡ!̯ʰōē

Tsumkwe : ɡǂʰòa

Tsintsabis : ǂʰóe

Okongo : ǂʰóe

Leeunes : ɡǂʰòe

Mpunguvlei : ǂʰóe ~ ǂʰólé

Cuito : !ʰólé ~ ǂʰólé

Cuando : !ʰólé ~ ǀǀʰólé ~ ǂʰólé

South Omatako : ɡǂʰòe

North Omatako : ɡǂʰũi

Kameeldoring : ɡǂʰòe

Lister : ɡǂʰòa

Notes : Class 1. The two forms - *ɡǂhoĩ and *ɡǂhoe - probably reflect two old stems of the same root. Note that the morphological structure of *ɡǂho-ĩ = Proto-!Wi *ǂkhɔ-in.

References : Bleek 151, 436, 648, 652, 662, 666; Dickens 207; Heikkinen 1986; KH 131; Snyman 3, 53; Snyman 1997: 46.

RefLex number: 354

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