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Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoe : *ɳ|am
Meaning : to love
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Khoekhoe : *ɳ|am
West Khoe : *ɳ|am
References : Vossen 464.
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Khoekhoe etymology :

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Proto-Khoekhoe : *ɳ|am
Meaning : to love
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
Nama : |nam
!Ora : |nam
References : Haacke 70; Meinhof 132; Rust 271.
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West Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-West Khoe : *ɳ|am
Meaning : to love
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
Buga : ɳ|nám̀
|Ganda : ɳ|nám̀
Naro : ɳ|nàm̀ (V.)
|Gwi : ɳ|àḿ
References : Vossen 464.
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoisan : *ɳ|am
Meaning : to love
Proto-Bushman : *ɳ|a(h)m
Proto-Khoe : *ɳ|am
Sandawe : *mēna (???)
Notes : A very weak etymology; Bushman forms are most probably borrowed from Khoe, and the Sandawe parallel is almost irreconcilable with Khoe as well.
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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 323
Proto-Bushman : *ɳǀa(h)m
Meaning : to love
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Proto-Ju : *ɳǀahm
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
Proto-Taa : *ɳǀàm
Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa
Notes : Unclear lack of aspiration in !Xóõ. Possibility of borrowing from Khoekhoe (for some forms at least) is very high.
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North Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Ju: *haˤʔare
Tonal pattern: LH [j]
Meaning: to fetch water
Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology
Juǀʼhoan : hàˤʔáré
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): haˤre
ǀǀAuǀǀen : àˤre
!O!Kung (Snyman): hàˤrè
References : Bleek 11; Dickens 218; Snyman 17; Snyman 1980: 8.
RefLex number: 625
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-Taa : *ɳ|àm
Meaning : to love
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
!Xoong : ɳ|àm kV
References : Traill 67.
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Sandawe etymology :

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Proto-Sandawe : *mēna
Meaning : to love, like
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Sandawe : mena (D., Kim.); mē̌nà (E.); meena (K.); mɛɛ́nà, mɛɛ́nàṑ (TBW)
References : Dempwolff 48; Elderkin 1983: 503; Kagaya 94; Kimmenade 48; TBW 304.
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