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Macro-Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoisan : *||kxǝ
Meaning : bark
Proto-Bushman : *||kxɔ̃
Proto-Khoe : *||kxṹ
Sandawe : *kha||ʔa (?)
Notes : If the Sandawe form belongs here, the comparison may represent yet another example of a "primary" click in Khoisan. On the other hand, the Peripheral Khoisan part of it is rather weak, with most of the attested forms quite probably just recent borrowings from Khoe.
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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 12
Proto-Bushman : *ǀǀkxɔ̃
Meaning : bark; grass (?)
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Proto-Taa : *ǀǀkxã̂
Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa
Proto-!Wi : *ǀǀkxũ
Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi
Notes : The comparison is possible, but it is not excluded that both !Wi forms are actually borrowed from Khoekhoe.
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-Taa : *||kxã̂
Meaning : grass
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
!Xoong : ||kxʔã̂ 2 n I
!Xoong derivates : dim. ||kxʔã̂-mà/ʘàa
References : Traill 112.
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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-!Wi : *||kxũ
Meaning : bark
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
N|huki : ||xʔuʔʋ̃-si
#Khomani : ||kxʔuŋ (Dk.)
|Auni : ||kõ
References : Bleek 582, 611; NFn.
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Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoe : *||kxṹ
Meaning : bark
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Khoekhoe : *||(kx)ũ
West Khoe : *||kxṹ
East Khoe : *||ʔṹ
References : Vossen 421.
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Khoekhoe etymology :

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Proto-Khoekhoe : *||kxũ (*||ʔ-)
Meaning : periderm (of bark); dead bark
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
Nama : ||û-b
References : Haacke 77; Rust 371.
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West Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-West Khoe : *||kxṹ
Meaning : bark
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
//Ani : ||xʔṹ
Kxoe (Hukwe) : ||xʔṹ
Buga : ||xʔũ̌
|Ganda : ||xʔṹ
Naro : ||xʔṵ̃́ (V.); ||ṍ (Ba.)
#Haba : ||ʔṵ̃̌
Notes : The ǂHaba form is irregular.
References : Barnard 46; KH; Vossen 421.
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East Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-East Khoe : *||ʔṹ
Meaning : bark
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
|Xaise : ||ʔṹ
Cara : ||ʔṹ
Tsixa : ||ʔṹ
Kua : ||ʔṹ
References : Vossen 421.
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Sandawe etymology :

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Proto-Sandawe : *kha||ʔa
Meaning : to tear off (the bark)
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Sandawe : kha||ʔase (K.)
References : Kagaya 91.
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoisan : *||kxǝ
Meaning : bark
Proto-Bushman : *||kxɔ̃
Proto-Khoe : *||kxṹ
Sandawe : *kha||ʔa (?)
Notes : If the Sandawe form belongs here, the comparison may represent yet another example of a "primary" click in Khoisan. On the other hand, the Peripheral Khoisan part of it is rather weak, with most of the attested forms quite probably just recent borrowings from Khoe.
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