South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology : Query result

Proto-Taa : *||ṹ

Meaning : elegant grasshopper (Orthoptera Pyrgomorphidae Zonocerus elegans)

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ||ṹ-||ṹ 3 II, pl. -tê 3 II

References : Traill 106.

Proto-Taa : *||úʔ

Meaning : lung

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ||úʔńa 2 II, pl. ||úʔn-tê 2 II

Masarwa : ||gũ

|Nu//en : ||kũ-te

References : Bleek 535, 594; Traill 106.

Proto-Taa : *||ṵ́

Stems : *||ṵ́-a

Meaning : dry

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ||ṵ́a (kV)

|Nu//en : ||ko "warm"

!Xoong derivates : ||ṵ́a (ń) "dry (intr.)"

References : Bleek 581; Traill 106.

Proto-Taa : *||ṵ́

Stems : *||ṵ́-ã

Meaning : to fear

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ||ṵ́ã -sà ||ṵV H

Masarwa : ||kwoi; ||kwɔi (B¹)

|Nu//en : |kwɔi (B¹) (?)

References : Bleek 600; Bleek 1929: 15; Traill 106.

Proto-Taa : *||ṵ́m

Meaning : to support, raise, bring up (a child)

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ||ṵ́m -sà ||ṵBV H

References : Traill 106.

Proto-Taa : *||ù^h

Meaning : to overturn (face down or upside down)

!Xoong : ||ùhu kV

References : Traill 106.

Proto-Taa : *||ú^hʔbu

Meaning : to swell up

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ||úhʔbu

!Xoong derivates : ||úhʔbu-sà "a swelling"

References : Traill 106.

Proto-Taa : *||ù^hbu

Meaning : to flutter, as a bird in a snare

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ||ùhbu kâ (kâ)

References : Traill 106.

Proto-Taa : *||ûʔã^h

Meaning : to become exhausted

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ||ûhʔã

References : Traill 106.

Proto-Taa : *||û[a]

Meaning : springbok

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ||ûa 3 I, pl. ||ûm 2 I; ɡ!oa, ɡ|oa, ɡ||oa (Mg.)

Masarwa : ||kwa

!Xoong derivates : dim. ||úu-bâ/ʘàa 3 I, pl. ||ṹ-nĩ́, ||úu ʘʔâni 2 I

References : Bleek 596; Meingard 1958: 100; Traill 106.

Proto-Taa : *||ûm

Meaning : to crouch

!Xoong : ||ûm

References : Traill 106.

Proto-Taa : *||ûm

Meaning : to wear (a bangle, watch), grasp round

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ||ûm -sà ||uBV H

References : Traill 106.

Proto-Taa : *||ûrV

Meaning : the stalk of !n̥ṵ́'ńa (Kalanchoe paniculata), sucking straw

!Xoong : ||ûli 1 II, pl. ||ûlu-tê 4 II

!Xoong derivates : ||ûli |xāi 3 II, pl. -tê 3 II "a sp. of plant (Otoptera burchelii)"

References : Traill 106.

Proto-Taa : *||ūbu

Meaning : to fold together

!Xoong : ||ūbu kV

References : Traill 106.

Proto-Taa : *||ṵ̄^hbi

Meaning : heaviness of a tread

!Xoong : ||ṵ̄hbi

References : Traill 106.

Proto-Taa : *||ṵ̄^h

Meaning : plain, open grassland

!Xoong : ||ṵ̄he 3 I, pl. ||ṵ̄hm-tê 2 I

!Xoong derivates : dim. ||ṵ̄hu-bà, pl. ||ṵ̄hu ʘʔâni

References : Traill 106.

Proto-Taa : *||ū^hʔi

Meaning : smell of rain or wet grass

!Xoong : ||ūhʔi (kā)

References : Traill 106.

Proto-Taa : *||xà

Meaning : to scrape off (e.g. hair from a skin)

!Xoong : ||xàa -sà ||xaV L

References : Traill 110.

Proto-Taa : *||xã̀

Meaning : men

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ||xã̀ 2 II

References : Traill 110.

Proto-Taa : *||xái

Meaning : to clear, sweep

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ||xái kV

References : Traill 110.