Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *ɳ!V

Meaning : day, dawn

Proto-Bushman : *ɳ!ãʔ[ũ]

Proto-Khoe : *ɳ!ã

Sandawe : *ɳ!e

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 851

Proto-Bushman : *ɳ!ãʔ[ũ]

Meaning : dawn

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *ɳ!ãʔã

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-!Wi : *ɳ!ãũ

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

North Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Ju: *ɳ!ãʔa

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: dawn

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ã̏ʔã̀ (n5) // ɳ!ã̏ʔã̀-ǂõ̏ (n3) "morning-star, Venus"

Kavango : ɳ!ãʔa

References : Dickens 250; Heikkinen 1986.

RefLex number: 1177

South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

Proto-!Wi : *ɳ!ãũ

Meaning : red sky at dawn

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : !naū^ŋ, !nauṅ, !nắu (B.), !nāū, !nāū^ŋ (Ll.)

//Ng : !nau "day, dawn"

References : Bleek 475.

Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *ɳ!ã

Meaning : to shine; light

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *ɳ!ã

Notes : Khoekhoe only, with external correlates.

Khoekhoe etymology :

Proto-Khoekhoe : *ɳ!ã

Meaning : to shine; light

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : !nâ

!Ora : !nã̀-b "Licht"

References : Haacke 108; Meinhof 110; Rust 278.

Sandawe etymology :

Proto-Sandawe : *ɳ!e

Meaning : day

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Sandawe : !ṅe_ (D.); ǂne(e) 'day', ǂne-ng' 'today' (K.); n!`è (Kim.); n!ê^ŋ (TBW)

References : Dempwolff 42; Kagaya 77; Kimmenade 70; TBW 308.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *ɳ!V

Meaning : day, dawn

Proto-Bushman : *ɳ!ãʔ[ũ]

Proto-Khoe : *ɳ!ã

Sandawe : *ɳ!e

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