Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *hV

Meaning : interrogative base

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *ha-

Khoekhoe etymology :

Proto-Khoekhoe : *ha-

Meaning : who, which

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : hȧḿ "who?"

!Ora : ham "which?"

References : Haacke 14; Meinhof 84.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *ha

Meaning : interrogative stem

Proto-Bushman : *a^h

Proto-Khoe : *hV

Sandawe : *ha

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 241

Proto-Bushman : *a^h

Meaning : interrogative stem

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *ha

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *a^h-

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Proto-!Wi : *a

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

North Khoisan etymology :

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *a^h-

Meaning : where? which? how?

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : āhʔã 3 II

Masarwa : a

!Xoong derivates : kè āhʔã "where"

References : Bleek 4; Traill 195.

South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

Proto-!Wi : *a

Meaning : relative/interrogative pronoun

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ā, pl. ē (B.); ā (Ll.)

//Ng : a

References : Bleek 4.

Sandawe etymology :

Proto-Sandawe : *ha

Meaning : interrogative base

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Sandawe : haku "wo?" (D.); ha "which", ha-na "where (to)", haku "where (at)", hane-x "how much, how many?" (K.); ha, hate, haku "ou?", haneχi "combien?", hase "quand?" (Kim.)

References : Dempwolff 45; Kagaya 85, 86; Kimmenade 40.

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