SAMPLE KHOISAN 100-WORD LISTS

[Pages:6]SAMPLE KHOISAN 100-WORD LISTS

(cognates appear in boldface; loanwords appear in italics)

1. I 2. you (sing.) 3. we 4. who? 5. what? 6. this 7. that

8. one 9. two 10. three 11. many 12. all

13. full 14. big

15. long

!XOO

n@ a@? ?@? e~? e~? tV'V tV'V

JU|'HOAN

KHOEKHOE

m? / a~ e~ (excl.); m (incl.) h-e~, y-e~ hatce/ he~, ke~, ke~?e~ t o...a~ ; //'a~

tita sats (m.); sas (f.) sikhum, etc. t-ai, tari t-ae, tare, ma$ nee nau

KWADI

?'ufla$ ?nuflm //afle //a/li ko@o ka'a$ ~

/'o@la (v.) !xaV, pl. !xaBV

!'a/m ; !'a@a/ (pl.)

n|e~...e/ tsa~n, tsa~2n n!a~n? ~ ?ha/? / wa~2si ; we~ce~(si) ; ho~a~ra~ka~ g!a~...? $ (v.) n!a...a~$ (v. s. subj.); !a~e~ (v. pl. subj.) g?a~...? $ (v.)

/gui /gam !nona ?guihoa

/oa (v.) kai

kaxu

16. small

/'ufli ; q'a/n-tafl (pl.) ts'e~ma~, ts'e~ (v.)

?khari 24

SANDAWE ci hapu soo ho, hoo hocoo heehaa-

ts'exe k ? /so!x?~ somukixi de&e (v.) tsh? /a~

HADZA ono

te u- ~ o- (stem) taakwadza hab- [near]; na[distant] ichamepiyesamaka?aso kiru

~oome me/e; ba?a

maga$/dza/ (v.), ? ? /tna/a$k ? / (v.) [? ? /tha~ (far)] ts'o&o$to

/'o?a [v.] pa/?a/-, letl'emo tase, takase

k'u~mi; ts'isie

18. good

!XOO qa/i $

JU|'HOAN z&a~n

KHOEKHOE !ga$i

KWADI

19. dry

20. new 21. white 22. red 23. yellow 24. ash 25. smoke 26. fire 27. to burn

/'o~o (v.)

/'o~ (v.)

//qu2V !nu/=a /a~?=a ; //no2~ba g?qhu!i ?go~a ts'kx'aflje /'a~a$ ?'a/i; ?'a/a (tr.)

ze/ !a~...u/ (v.) g!a~a~$ (v.) g//o2n ? ~g~u/ (v.) to2 co/ra~ da~...a/ ku~...u/

//na$-sa

/a-sa ; kawa

!uri

/awa

!huni

tsao-b

/ani (*tsx'an-)

/ae-b

?e$e$

kxau ; dao (tr.)

28. hot

?'a/i (v.)

29. sun 30. moon

31. star 32. fish 33. to swim

//'afln !qha~n

//o@na

khu/? (adj.)

|a/m n!u/? /

?u?n //'a/u/ djxa~ **

/gam-sa

sore-s //kha$-b

/gamiro-b //au-p tsa$ **

25

'ui-de kha@-de

/hwe? ~ya

SANDAWE HADZA

?a/a /n ?$/k'e~

nube, ts'i?e?ena, mtana

/akw`i, //'ape(v.)

//aee pho/o

dza/na~ petla

bu/tl'? ~

tese

manjano /'upha

nayohots'a

ts'u/k'a~

ts'ik'o

//' ?$

ts'ok'o

~na/ts'?~/e~, ~he~we/, tsw'? /? ~ya~,

ka/ma~

tl'a~phe/ (to heat), ho~k'a/ (to warm)

?ot- (tr.)

pe/te/ne~; ~ome[of water, body]

//'a~ka/su~

?is &o

~aapuso;

seeta

~a (moonlight)

/no/wa$/

ntsa

somba phu$~du~se/

n/'ama/

34. cold

35. wet

36. water 37. rain 38. cloud 39. night 40. black 41. mountain

42. stone 43. earth 44. sand 45. louse 46. to fly

!XOO //afl'u$ (n.)

JU|'HOAN ?a~...u / (v.)/

KHOEKHOE !khai

ts'kx'a~ni (v.)

!qha~a !kx'ofle !qha~a g/qhu@a$ ~nu /2e ?a~...=a !u~?m (hill, dune)

dc? ~ ; /o~m (both verbs) g!u/ g!a~ g!a~!ku/? / g!u/, g!u? n?u~ n!o/m ; /xu/n? /

/a$ (*tsx'an)

//gam-i tuus /nanu-s tsu-xu-b ?nu !hom

/nu@le ?kx'uflm ?kx'uflm ?no/2o$ dza@2h?$

n!o/m kxa~ kxa~ n?a~2 ; kxu/r? / n!om

/ui-b !huu-b //khae-b uri-p (*kxuri-) //khana

KWADI

kx'o'e [Nkh] thwii

dzo-de kx"a inii

46. bird 48. feather 49. hair (head) 50. root 51. foot 52. bone

/gu@2...u g/qhu@a$ g/qhu~a$, /qhu~a$ g|kx'a@bu ?nu~u$ ?a~a$

ts'a~ma~ !ku/? / !ku/? / //a~r? ~ /k'a/? / !'u/

ani-b (*kxani-) !ammi /u$-b !noma-b ?ai-b ?koo-b

26

SANDAWE tsha/wa~; t ?/?$ka~ (water) ha/ts'a/; //'ofl (v.) ts'afl tl'a$fla tl'u$~gu~ twe&e k'a/a$k'a/ra~ gawe (hill)

d?& ?$ ~'uma /'ina ma//'a~ thafl (run)

thw ? &i thawaa ts'efl ~ni?$ //hata ~ i

HADZA //natl'ani-

tl'ati [v.]

?ati-bi ?ati-ya malundi ts'ifi tits &'i n//'utl'e; ha// `a/ [hill] ha// `a/ yamu ts'awa / `a/ma/ts'? ~ pululu-; hukwa- [fly away] thithi-, ts'elalohayi hatl'e wili ?apukwa mitl 'a

53. knee 54. to go

55. to come

56. path 57. green 58. grass 59. leaf 60. tree 60. dog

61. egg 62. bark 63. skin 64. meat 65. fat 66. person

67. woman

68. man 69. to give 70. hand

!XOO g//xu/u$ |na~n safla

JU|'HOAN g!xo~a~ u/

s?@i, s?fli

ts? /

?o/lo /ga?@i //kx'afla$ /ga@na '?na~je; da~2na ?qha~i (pl. ?qha~ba-te)fl ?gu/a$ gu/le (dry); ts'a@?bi ?Ga@...no ?a~je, ?a~a$ sa~2a$ tafla

n!a~ma~ ; ?ha~ /au?$ (v.) //'a~? ~-s? ~ n!u~...u/bu/ ; do~a~2ra~ ! a ? ~$ g?ho~a~, g?hu/?$/, ~x'u/? / n!u~ n//o2...o~ro~ n/o/ !ha/ n/a/? / z&u~

tafla qa/e ; |a~>a$ (pl.) dsha~u/

tafla 'a~2a !qha/a$ /kx'a~a

!'hoa~$ /'a~n ; ?o~a~na~ g!a/u

KHOEKHOE //goa-b ~guu

ha

dao-b !am /ga$b ?gais hai-s ari-b, ari-s

~uwu-s soro-b khoo-b //gan-i //nui-b khoe-b

tara-s

ao-b ma !om-s

27

KWADI

th?/-di 'au-de [Naro]

SANDAWE

ke h ?/k' ? ~ (s.), n ? /? ~ (pl.) / ? / (s.), /na~t?(/ pl.); nofl //oo dza&a$ga~ ?u/pa~ /'aa the&e ka/aka~

HADZA gu~lu~ngu~r? / haka-

dza-

yeke nayo?ena hats'a ts'iti // ha/?a~no~

kxo-di k"o-le [NKh]

t?e-e [NKh]

tala-tce-e, k?/e/-tce-e k"o/-kho2/-de2 [NKh]

d?~?a/ tlafl ke~le$~ba/ /n?$ tshafla$ /nomese [m.], /nomesu [f.] tha/me~tshu/

ma/xa~ iee tl'u$/u (arm)

?u?e hekw'a ?ahu mana hits'a ?unu, hadza

?akwiti

?eme kwe ?ukwa

71. nail 72. tail 73. horn 74. head

75. eye 76. to see 77. to know 78. to hear 79. ear 80. nose 81. tongue 82. to say 83. mouth 84. name 85. to eat 86. to bite 87. to drink 88. tooth 89. neck 90. belly

91. breast

!XOO //ga'~ m /a~u$ //a@e$ /na~n

/'ufl?$ /na@a$ /guflma$ ta/2a$ ?nu~2a$ //nu~?=a `/na~2n te/:e$ ; ta/m ?ufle /a~u$ `afla$ s? /...i kx'a@?a$ //qha~a$ ?kx'a~o$ !hu@ma

G?qhe~e$

JU|'HOAN !u~...u/ru/ !xu/? / !hu/ n/a/i

g/a~'a/ ho !'ha~$ tsa~...a / /'hu/? / ts'u/$ ; ?u ?~?$ dhar? ~ ko~ kxa/m / !u/ 'm n!a/? / tch? ~ n//a? ; ts'a~u~ !a~? ~$ g!u /

ku~

KHOEKHOE //goro-b ?are-p //na$-b tana-s

mu$-s mu$ ?an //na$u ?gae-s ?gui-s nam-s (*dam-) m?$ am-s (*kxam-) /on-s ?u$ na$ a (*kxa) //gu$-b !ao-p !na$-p

sam-s

KWADI

tshe,@ pl. tshu@'e [NKh] Si-di [NKh]

go2-deTM tSwi-de [NKh] tamen-de [NKh]

p?/'i [Naro]

SANDAWE tsw'a/?a/ tsw'a&a tla/na/ tse&e

/oee ~ /wee /afl$ (s.), /afl (pl.) manaa khe/?e/ ke/ke/ /na/th ?$~ ~he$ bofl ~num // wa ma$fltsha~ /' ?$~k'e/ ts'e/e ~'akha$ kw'efle$ tl'a~b? /so/

/'ina

HADZA

ba?u ts'aho lo?o tl'oma

?akwa / h ? ~ tsahe n//a?e hac'apiciko ?intawe n/a/ta~ tl'odzo ?awani, ?awati ?akana semekatl'efa ?aha / hu/t ? ~, //uti //'a/mba~, ts'oho, hots &a k'atsa

28

!XOO

JU|'HOAN

92. heart 93. liver 94. blood 95. to stand

96. to sit

97. to lie (down)

98. to sleep 99. to die

100. to kill

/q'a~n //na~m /na~2a //huflu$ ; `||nu?a$ (pl.)

tshuflu ; !'a/?a$ (pl.)

tuflu

?afln /'afla

qafli

!kx'a/ ; ?a/o/

tch ? /$

/'a/N ; z&a2...a~

n!u/$ (sing. subj.); g//a~ (pl. subj.)

n|aN (sing. subj.); g!ho~o/ (pl. subj.)

cu/ (sing. subj.); g?a/ (pl. subj.)

ts'a/

!a/? / (sing. subj.); !a~o~ (pl. subj.)

!hu/$ (sing. subj.); !'o/a/$ (pl. subj.)

KHOEKHOE ?gao-b a$i-s (*kxa$i-) /aob ma$

?no$a

//goe

//om //o

!kam

KWADI ts'o-de [NKh]

SANDAWE HADZA

dz ?~g?/da~ t ha/s? /no/

//'e/ka~

//nu/me/, //ume (s.), ?e/e (pl.)

ha&ana~k ? /, ha~k ?/ts' ?~

//n ? /ne/

?asats &i //e/ ?atama ?iki

hama

?ase

//'ofl (n.) ?a~? ~te/, tla&as? ~

k'e/e, wa/kw'a~, hu/kw'a~

//uphi, ?ase da//'e, tan//'i-, misi-

//o

29

 ................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download