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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-!Wi : *!ui
Meaning : person
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Xam : !ku̯i, emph. !ku̯iten, !ku̯iya (B.); !kŭ́i, !ku̯ĭ́, !ku̥ĭ́, !ku̥ĭ́yă (Ll.)
//Ng : !kwi; !kwa
N|huki : !ui
//Kxau : !u̯ī "man"
//Xegwi (Batwa) : kwi; kwī (LH)
|Nusan : !gui
Notes : See also *!u; this root is probably an old derivate with a former affixal -i. (|Nusan seems to have both !gu and !gu-i as complete synonyms).
References : Bleek 114, 388, 458, 466; NFn; Meinhof 1929: 186; LHb 48.
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