West Central Khoisan etymology : Query result

Proto-West Khoe : *gàrù

Meaning : round

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : gàrù-gàrù

References : Visser 28.

Proto-West Khoe : *ǂʔã́

Meaning : wind

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ǂʔã́

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ǂʔã́

Buga : ǂʔã́

|Ganda : ǂʔã́

Naro : ǂʔã́ (V.); ǂaba (B.); ǂãã (Ba.)

|Gwi : ǂʔã́; !ā (Ta.)

//Gana : ǂʔã́; !ā (Ta.)

#Haba : ǂʔã́

Tsaukwe : ǂa

References : Barnard 33; Bleek 640; KH; Tanaka 107; Vossen 507.

Proto-West Khoe : *ǂʔa

Meaning : to hide

//Ani : ǂʔá

References : Vossen 1986: 328.

Proto-West Khoe : *ǂ(ʔ)a[-ba]

Meaning : open (of terrain)

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : ǂaba, ǂa "(open) valley" (Ba.)

References : Barnard 35.

Proto-West Khoe : *ǂʔám̀

Meaning : upper side

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ǂʔàm̀

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɡ|ú-ǂʔàm̀ "hill, slope, mountain"; ǂʔàm̀ (Kö.)

Buga : ǂʔám̀

|Ganda : ǂʔám̀

Naro : ǂʔáḿ (V.)

|Gwi : ǂʔám̀(-kà); ǂámkara "over" (Ta.)

//Gana : ǂʔáḿ; ǂámkara "over" (Ta.)

#Haba : ǂʔám̀

References : KH; Tanaka 68; Vossen 473.

Proto-West Khoe : *ǂʔáǹ

Meaning : to know, think

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : ǂãna (Ba.)

|Gwi : ǂʔáǹ; !anāha (Ta.)

//Gana : ǂʔáǹ; anāha (Ta.)

#Haba : ǂʔáǹ

References : Barnard 144; Tanaka 54; Vossen 428.

Proto-West Khoe : *ǂʔâ

Meaning : reed

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ǂʔâ

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ǂʔâ (Kö.)

Buga : ǂʔâ

|Ganda : ǂʔâ

Naro : ǂʔâ (V.); ǂa, ǂaa "arrow" (Ba.)

#Haba : ǂʔâ

Tsaukwe : ǂa "arrow"

References : Barnard 93; Bleek 640; Vossen 478.

Proto-West Khoe : *ǂʔĩ

Meaning : to be similar

//Ani : ǂʔĩ̂

References : Vossen 1986: 339.

Proto-West Khoe : *ǂʔíjo

Meaning : snake

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ǂʔíyo; ǂʔíyȯ (Kö.)

References : KH; Vossen 165.

Proto-West Khoe : *ǂʔǒ

Meaning : narrow

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ǂʔǒ

References : Vossen 431.

Proto-West Khoe : *ǂʔóà

Meaning : to ask

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ǂʔóà

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ǂʔȯȧ (Kö.)

Buga : ǂʔóà

|Ganda : ǂʔóà

|Gwi : ǂʔóá; !oa (Ta.)

//Gana : ǂʔóá; !oa (Ta.)

#Haba : ǂʔóá

References : Tanaka 6; Vossen 438.

Proto-West Khoe : *ǂʔóm̀

Meaning : baobab

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ǂʔóm̀

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ǂʔóm̀ (Kö.)

Buga : ǂʔóm̀

|Ganda : ǂʔóm̀

References : Vossen 414.

Proto-West Khoe : *ǂʔóm

Meaning : to sleep

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ǂʔóm

References : KH.

Proto-West Khoe : *ǂʔô

Meaning : a k. of tree (Combretum imberbe)

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ǂʔô

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ǂʔô (Kö.)

Buga : ǂʔô

|Ganda : ǂʔô

Naro : ǂʔô (V.)

|Gwi : ǂʔô

//Gana : ǂʔô

#Haba : ǂʔô

References : Vossen 420.

Proto-West Khoe : *ǂʔṹ

Meaning : to eat (not meat)

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ǂʔṹ

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ǂʔṹ

Buga : ǂʔũ̌

|Ganda : ǂʔṹ

Naro : ǂʔṹ (V.); ǂʔṹ, ǂʔṍ (Ba.)

|Gwi : !ón (Ta.)

//Gana : ǂʔṹ; !ón (Ta.)

#Haba : ǂʔṹ

References : Barnard 137, 148; KH; Tanaka 31; Vossen 433.

Proto-West Khoe : *ǂʔú

Meaning : colour; form

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : ǂʔúú

References : Visser 93.

Proto-West Khoe : *ǂʔúbí

Meaning : egg; testicle

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ǂʔúbí

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ǂʔúbí

Buga : ǂʔúbí

Naro : ǂʔúbí (V.); ǂobi, ǂùbì (Ba.)

|Gwi : ǂʔúbí; |ubi (Ta.)

//Gana : ǂʔúbí; |ubi (Ta.)

#Haba : ǂʔúbí

References : Barnard 97; KH; Tanaka 32; Vossen 451.

Proto-West Khoe : *ǂa

Meaning : topside

Buga : tshàú-ǂáá-ʔò "palm of hand"

References : Vossen 1998: 295.

Proto-West Khoe : *ǂa

Meaning : scar

//Ani : ǂá

References : Vossen 1986: 324.

Proto-West Khoe : *ǂa[-ba]

Meaning : flat; wide

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : ǂâ "flatland" (V.); |kaa (Ba.)

#Haba : ǂá̰bá̰

References : Barnard 34, 119; Vossen 426.