South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

Proto-!Wi : *||xau

Meaning : blood

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ||x`áukǝn, ||x`áuki, emph. ||x`aukakǝn (B.); ||x`áukă, ||x`aúkǝn, ||x`auki, emph. ||x`aukakǝn (Ll.)

//Ng : ||xau

N|huki : ||hǝu-ke, ||xǝu-k(ʷ)e, ||xao-ke

//Kxau : ||xau-kn

//Xegwi (Batwa) : ƛʔẽũ (LH)

|Auni : ||xauʔu

|Haasi : ||xau

References : Bleek 634; LHa 98; Meinhof 1929: 185; NFn.

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 30

Proto-Bushman : *ǀǀxau

Meaning : blood

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Taa : *ǀǀxau

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Proto-!Wi : *ǀǀxau

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

Notes : A SK isogloss (not attested in !Xóõ, but present in other Taa dialects).

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *||xau

Meaning : blood

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

Masarwa : -||xã̰u

References : Bleek 634.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *||ʔVKV

Meaning : blood

Proto-Bushman : *||xau

Sandawe : *||ʔeḳa

Notes : Dubious because of the lack of Khoe counterparts, but the forms are not incompatible.

Sandawe etymology :

Proto-Sandawe : *||ʔeḳa

Meaning : blood

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Sandawe : ||'e_k'a (D.); ||'ék'à (E.); ||ʔek'a (K.); ||'eka (Kim.); ||ʔék'à (TBW)

References : Dempwolff 40; Elderkin 1998: 26; Kagaya 4; Kimmenade 67; TBW 307.

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