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Proto-Khoe : *ɡ!au

Meaning : a k. of canine predator

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *!au

West Khoe : *ɡ!au

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Khoekhoe etymology :

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Proto-Khoekhoe : *!au

Meaning : wild dog

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : !gau-b; !gou-b (R.)

References : Haacke 97; Rust 129.

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West Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-West Khoe : *ɡ!au

Meaning : spotted hyaena

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Kxoe (Hukwe) : gā́u uṅ (W.)

Naro : g!au (Ba.)

|Gwi : ||kyau (Ta.)

//Gana : ||kyau (Ta.)

References : Barnard 38; Bleek 45; Tanaka 91.

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Macro-Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoisan : *ɡ!au

Meaning : hyaena

Proto-Bushman : *ɡ!̯₁au^h

Proto-Khoe : *!gau

Sandawe : *tekele (?)

Notes : The Sandawe parallel is very tentative (initial t- would rather yield the palatal click).

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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 471

Proto-Bushman : *ɡ!̯₁au^h

Meaning : brown hyaena

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *!hau (*!̯-)

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *ɡǀǀã̄ũ^h

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Proto-!Wi : *ɡǀǀgãĩ

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

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North Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Ju: *!xari

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to hurry away, beat a hasty retreat

Juǀʼhoan : !xàrí

References : Dickens 319.

RefLex number: 2417

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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-Taa : *ɡ||ã̄ũ^h

Meaning : spotted hyena

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ɡ||āhũ 1 II, pl. ɡ||āhã-tê 4 II

References : Traill 108.

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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-!Wi : *ɡ||gãĩ

Meaning : hyaena

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : !gwãĩṅ, !gwãĩ ya, !gwãĩyaṅ (B.)

//Ng : ||gãĩ

N|huki : ɡ||ǝ̃ĩ, ɡ||ãĩ

#Khomani : ||gai, ŋ||gãĩ̃, (ŋ)gɦãĩ̃, ||gãĩ (Mg.)

|Auni : ||gãĩ

|Nusan : !gõai

References : Bleek 384, 391, 524; Maingard 240; NFn.

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Sandawe etymology :

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Proto-Sandawe : *tekele

Meaning : hyaena

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Sandawe : tekelé (D.); tekele (K., Kim.); thé_kélé (TBW)

References : Dempwolff 51; Kagaya 100; Kimmenade 55; TBW 302.

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