Proto-Ju: *daʔa
Tonal pattern: LH [j] ~ LM [k] ~ LL [e] ~ LH [Sn.]
Meaning: fire; firewood
Juǀʼhoan : dàʔá (n4 -si) "fire, firewood" // dàʔá-dʰȁrì (n5 -si) "flame"; dàʔá-ǀǀʼáí (n5 -si) "charcoal"
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): daʔa
ǀǀAuǀǀen : dà
Nogau : da tali "flame" // da šua "smoke"; dai "branch" (?), daintu "wood, forest"
!Kung (Lloyd) : daː ~ dːʔa ~ dăä́
!Kung (Doke): dāʔā ~ dǝ̄ʔā
!Kung (Vedder): dʔâː
!Kung (Wilhelm): dǝʔaː
!Kung (Weich): daʔa
!O!Kung (Bleek) : dà
!O!Kung (Snyman): dàʔá
Kavango : dàʔá
Ekoka : dàʔà (3)
Tsumkwe : dàʔá
Tsintsabis : dàʔá
Okongo : dàʔá
Leeunes : dàʔá
Mpunguvlei : dàʔá
Cuito : dàʔá
Cuando : dàʔá
South Omatako : dàʔá
North Omatako : dàʔá
Kameeldoring : dàʔá
Lister : dàʔá
Various addenda: Passarge (!Kung): da.
Notes : In Juǀhoan cf. the derivative dȁʔànì (n4 -si) 'firesticks, tinderbox' = !Kung dăna ~ dːắna (Ll.), dǝʔána ~ dǝʔáni: ~ dĭ́ni: (Wil.), Ekoka dàʔānnā id. In !Kung (Ll.) cf. also dáí 'light'. Further derivates include dȁʔànì-ɡ!ȁ 'awl'; dȁʔànì-kú-čàè-čàè 'stinging nettle'.
References : Bleek 20, 23; Dickens 194; Heikkinen 1986; KH 128; Snyman 25; Snyman 1980: 38; Snyman 1997: 37; Weich 6.
RefLex number: 114
