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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 242
Proto-Bushman : *ba
Meaning : interrogative stem
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Proto-Ju : *ba
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
Proto-!Wi : *ba
Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi
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North Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Ju: *ba
Tonal pattern: XX [j]
Meaning: interrogative particle
Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology
Juǀʼhoan : bȁȁʰ
ǀǀAuǀǀen : ba // če-ba "what?"
References : Bleek 13; Bleek 1929: 91; Dickens 189.
RefLex number: 21
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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-!Wi : *ba
Meaning : interr./neg. particle
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Xam : ba, bbā (B.)
References : Bleek 13.
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoisan : *ma
Meaning : interrogative stem
Proto-Bushman : *ba (?)
Proto-Khoe : *ma(ŋ)
Hadza : *ta-mV
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Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoe : *ma(ŋ)
Meaning : interr. base
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Khoekhoe : *mã
West Khoe : *ma(ŋ)
East Khoe : *má
References : Vossen ...
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Khoekhoe etymology :

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Proto-Khoekhoe : *mã
Meaning : interr. base
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
Nama : mã̌ "which?"; mâ- "interr. base"
References : Haacke 25; Vossen 261.
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West Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-West Khoe : *ma(ŋ)
Meaning : interr. base
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
//Ani : ma "who?"
Kxoe (Hukwe) : màa-xu "who"; mã́ "who?" (Kö.)
Buga : ma "who? which?"
Naro : m "what?" (V.)
|Gwi : mã̂ "what?"
//Gana : mâ "what?"
References : KH; Vossen 262-265.
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East Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-East Khoe : *má
Meaning : who?
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
Deti : má
Cara : má
Tsixa : má(é)
Danisi : má(é)
Kua : má
References : Vossen 265-267.
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Hadza etymology :

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Proto-Hadza : *ta-mV
Meaning : who? what?
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Hadza : tama, tame (B.); ta- "who" (S.)
References : Bleek 190.
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