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Proto-Khoisan : *na[ŋ]
Meaning : a k. of small predator
Proto-Bushman : *da̰
Sandawe : *naŋwe
Notes : The comparison presupposes a shift *n > *d in Peripheral Khoisan, but the idea still has to be tested on additional data.
Proto-Khoisan : *ncxa- (?)
Meaning : star
Proto-Khoe : *|xánì
Sandawe : *ɳ|owa[ŋ]
Hadza : *ncha
Notes : Sandawe and Khoe forms are easier to reconcile then Hadza; the binary Sandawe-Khoe comparison would indicate a "primary" click here, but the Hadza form, in this case, does not fit in with its prenasalized affricate.
Proto-Khoisan : *ntha- (?)
Meaning : nose
Proto-Bushman : *cʔũ
Sandawe : *ɳ|athi
Hadza : *nthawe (?)
Notes : All the links here are dubious.
Proto-Khoisan : *ŋ~*n
Meaning : 1st person pronoun sg.
Proto-Bushman :
Hadza : *ono / *na-
Proto-Khoisan : *Pa
Meaning : big
Sandawe : *ba̰ʔe
Hadza : *pa
Notes : A Hadza-Sandawe isogloss, possibly areal.
Proto-Khoisan : *pa [~]
Meaning : to bite
Proto-Khoe : *pá
Notes : Isolated in Khoe.
Proto-Khoisan : *peƛ̣a [~]
Meaning : white
Hadza : *peƛ̣a
Notes : Not found outside Hadza.
Proto-Khoisan : *pho [~]
Meaning : white
Sandawe : *phō
Notes : Not found outside Sandawe.
Proto-Khoisan : *Puda
Meaning : to swim
Proto-Khoe : *bàrá
Sandawe : *phudu
Notes : The resemblance between Khoe and Sandawe is hardly coincidental, but consonant correspondences are strange; possibly an independent old borrowing from the same non-Khoisan source.
Proto-Khoisan : *pukwa [~]
Meaning : foot
Hadza : *pukʷa
Notes : Found only in Hadza.
Proto-Khoisan : *qaba [~]
Meaning : new
Proto-Khoe : *qábà
Notes : Attested only in Khoe.
Proto-Khoisan : *qae
Meaning : marula tree
Proto-Bushman : *Ka̰e
Proto-Khoe : *qae
Proto-Khoisan : *Qan
Meaning : sand, ashes
Proto-Bushman : *Ga̰n
Proto-Khoe : *qan
Notes : Within Peripheral Khoisan the word is only attested in !Xóõ, but it cannot be easily explained away as a borrowing from Khoe.
Proto-Khoisan : *QoV-
Meaning : to resemble
Proto-Bushman : *qhoɛ
Proto-Khoe : *[kx]õã
Proto-Khoisan : *Sa
Meaning : to cook
Proto-Bushman : *sa-
Proto-Khoe : *cã̂
Proto-Khoisan : *saka (?)
Meaning : breast
Sandawe : *saka
Hadza : *ḳaca
Notes : Possibly a metathesis in one of the two languages (or just two different roots).
Proto-Khoisan : *seme [~]
Meaning : to eat
Hadza : *seme
Notes : A Hadza-only root.
Proto-Khoisan : *setha [~]
Meaning : moon
Hadza : *setha
Notes : Not found outside Hadza, where it is quite likely a Nilotic borrowing.
Proto-Khoisan : *So
Meaning : lung
Proto-Bushman : *So̰h-
Proto-Khoe : *so
Hadza : *č̣o
Proto-Khoisan : *sV
Meaning : to refuse
Proto-Khoe : *sa
Sandawe : *is[i]
Notes : A possible Khoe-Sandawe isogloss (suggesting vowel reduction in Khoe).
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