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Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoe : *kxú-[ri/-ni]
Meaning : louse
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Khoekhoe : *kxuri
West Khoe : *kxúni
East Khoe : *kʔúnì
References : Vossen 462.
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Khoekhoe etymology :

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Proto-Khoekhoe : *kxuri
Meaning : louse
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
Nama : uri-
!Ora : kxʔu̇ri̇-b; xurrib (Wu.)
References : Haacke 46; Meinhof 89; Rust 366; Wuras 34.
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West Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-West Khoe : *kxúni
Meaning : louse
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
//Ani : kxʔùní
Kxoe (Hukwe) : kxʔúni
Buga : kxʔúní
|Gwi : kxʔúní
//Gana : kxʔúnì
References : KH; Vossen 462.
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East Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-East Khoe : *kʔúnì
Meaning : louse
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
|Xaise : kʔúnì
Deti : kʔúnì
Cara : kʔúnì
Tsixa : kʔùní
Kua : kʔúnì
Tsua : kʔúnì
References : Vossen 462.
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoisan : *ɡ||kxoRi
Meaning : louse
Proto-Bushman : *||gxoRi
Proto-Khoe : *kxú-[ri/-ni]
Notes : The actual comparison is between !Xóõ and Khoe (the Ju|ʔhoan form is in all likeliness a borrowing from Kxoe).
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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 128
Proto-Bushman : *ǀǀgxoRi
Meaning : louse
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Proto-Ju : *xʼuri (?)
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
Proto-Taa : *ɡǀǀkxóni
Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa
Notes : The NK form may actually be a direct borrowing from Khoekhoe *kxuri (which, in turn, might be a distant relative of PT *ǀǀgxóni).
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North Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Ju: √sabi
Tonal pattern: LH [j]
Meaning: to hold up (a weapon in readiness)
Juǀʼhoan : sàbí
References : Dickens 262.
RefLex number: 1379
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-Taa : *ɡ||kxóni
Meaning : a species of louse
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
!Xoong : ɡ||kxʔóni 3 II, pl. -tê 3 II
References : Traill 113.
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