North Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-Ju: *kana

Tonal pattern: LL [j] ~ LL [k]

Meaning: to twirl (bowstring)

Juǀʼhoan : kànà "to plait (rope)" // kànà (n5 -si) "plaiting"

ǀǀAuǀǀen : kana ~ ǀǀana

!Kung (Lloyd) : káˤna

Kavango : kànà "spin strands into thread"

Tsumkwe : kànà

Tsintsabis : kànà

Okongo : kànà

Leeunes : kaˤna ~ kànà

Mpunguvlei : kana ~ kànà ~ kálá

Cuito : kala ~ kálá

Cuando : kala ~ kálá

South Omatako : kàˤnà

North Omatako : kàˤnà

Kameeldoring : kàˤnà

Lister : kànà

References : Bleek 80, 556; Dickens 224; Heikkinen 1986; Snyman 1997: 53, 63.

RefLex number: 704

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