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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :
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Proto-Taa : *qái (*-ã́ĩ)
Meaning : good
!Xoong : qáĩ (ń) "beautiful, pretty, nice", pl. qáńa; ɡ!ãĩ (North), kãĩ (South) (Mg.)
|Nu//en : ||xai "to be pretty"
!Xoong derivates : qáńa-sà (kâ) 2 II "beauty"
xooet-meaning,xooet-prnum,xooet-xoo,xooet-nuen,xooet-xoo_der,xooet-refer,
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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :
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Number : 90
Proto-Bushman : *q[h]ai[-n]
Meaning : good
Proto-Taa : *qái (*-ã́ĩ)
Proto-!Wi : *qhai
ǂHoan : *qhãẽ
Notes : The correspondence PT *q : ǂHoan qh does not seem completely regular, but it is obvious that the words belong together.
bshet-proto,bshet-meaning,bshet-xoo,bshet-xoonum,bshet-xam,bshet-xamnum,bshet-hoan,bshet-hoannum,bshet-notes,
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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :
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Proto-!Wi : *qhai
Meaning : good
|Xam : tw̄́aï-ĩ, to̥ā́ï-íŋ (B.); ttwāī ĭŋ "comfortable, well, better" (Ll.)
//Ng : kiai, kiḁi
N|huki : ćhĩn ćhi, ćhĩn ki
Seroa : tae
|Auni : xwe, xwoi
|Nusan : toai
References : Bleek 92, 188, 207, 243, 262, 631; NFn. xamet-meaning,xamet-prnum,xamet-txam,xamet-lng,xamet-tnu,xamet-sero,xamet-auni,xamet-nusa,xamet-refer,
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East #Hoan etymology :
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Proto-#Hoan : *qhãẽ
Meaning : good
#Hoan : qhaen (C.)
Notes : Same as previous?
hoanet-meaning,hoanet-prnum,hoanet-hoan,hoanet-notes,hoanet-refer,
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