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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :
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Number : 67
Proto-Bushman : *caʔa- (*s-)
Meaning : face; eye
Proto-Taa : *sã̀ʔ
Proto-!Wi : *cʔaxu
Notes : Phonetically a very good SK isogloss, although semantically there are certain problems (note, however, that Proto-!Wi *cʔa-x[a]u is most probably a composite noun). No reliable external parallels, though.
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :
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Proto-Taa : *sã̀ʔ
Meaning : face, surface
!Xoong : sàʔã 2 n II (pos.), 3 I (al.), pl. -nî/-tê 2 n II (pos.), 3 I (al.)
!Xoong derivates : !ùhm sàʔã "hill, dune"; tâa sàʔã "a personʔs grave"; ɡ|ã́ sàʔã "workplace"; |qhàn sàʔã "shinbone"; !ōo sàʔã "blade of a knife", etc.
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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :
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Proto-!Wi : *cʔaxu
Meaning : eye
|Xam : tsʔḁx`áu, pl. tsʔaxáitǝn, tsʔāxaitakǝn, tsʔatsʔaxukǝn (B.); tsăxắu, pl. tsăxāītǝn, tsăxāī́takǝn (Ll.)
//Ng : tsáxu, tsāxem, pl. tsáxūke, tsaxūŋ
N|huki : tsʔaxǝm, tsʔaxam
#Khomani : tsʔa=xʌm, tsʔa=xam, tsʔa=xǝm (Dk.); tsʔaxau, tsʔaxu, pl. tsʔaxǝm, tsʔaxuke (Mg.)
//Kxau : tsʔa+xo_ʔ, pl. tsʔaxo̥-tǝn
//Ku//e : tsaxu
!Gã!ne : tjaxu, pl. tjaxute
//Xegwi (Batwa) : tsáxu, tsau, tsoo, pl. tsãĩn; tsʔagu, tsʔaxu (long ago) (LH)
|Auni : tsʔaxu, pl. tsʔāxuke
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