Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *ǂa- [~]

Meaning : bone

Proto-Bushman : *ǂa

Notes : Not found outside South Khoisan.

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 33

Proto-Bushman : *ǂa

Meaning : bone

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Taa : *ǂã̂

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Proto-!Wi : *ǂ₂a

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

Notes : A SK isogloss.

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *ǂã̂

Meaning : bone

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ǂã̂ (pos.), ǂã̀ (al.) 2 II, pl. ǂàm-tê 2 II

Masarwa : ||kā

|Nu//en : ǂkã

References : Bleek 547, 653; Traill 130.

South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

Proto-!Wi : *ǂ₂a

Meaning : bone

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : !kwá, !kòa (B.); !kwắ (Ll.)

//Xegwi (Batwa) : !kā; !a (LH)

Notes : ǂ₂ is suggested by external comparison.

References : Bleek 401, 437, 457; LHa 98.

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