South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

Proto-!Wi : *||a

Meaning : to burn

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ||ka, ||kā, ||kē_, ||kéi, ||kḗ_ï (B.); ||kă, ||kā, ||kà, ||kē, ||kēi, ||kēï (Ll.)

//Ng : ||ka, ||kē

N|huki : ||a-khu; kwa ||a kwa

//Ku//e : ||kā

//Xegwi (Batwa) : ||ka "to cook"

|Auni : ||ka "to cook"

References : Bleek 544-45, 566, 568; NFn.

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 41

Proto-Bushman : *ǀǀa

Meaning : to burn

Proto-Ju : *ǀǀa

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *ǀǀā^h

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Proto-!Wi : *ǀǀa

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

Notes : The PNK root may alternatively go back to PPK *ǀǀqha "to warm oneself" q.v.

North Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Ju: √ǀǀa

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: to warm (one's hands) at the fire

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ǀǀà-ǀǀà

References : Dickens 329.

RefLex number: 2607

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *||ā^h

Meaning : to set alight, set on fire, torch, singe

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ||āha -sà ||ahV L

Masarwa : ||ka "to burn"

|Nu//en : ||ka "to tattoo, burn"

!Xoong derivates : ||āhni kV "to set alight"

References : Bleek 544-45; Traill 102-103, 104.

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