Central Khoisan etymology : List with all references

Proto-Khoe : *|kxóǹ

Meaning : name

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *|kxon

West Khoe : *|kxóǹ

East Khoe : *|ʔóǹ

Notes : Kx'am ||õã |kxʔon, ǂ'Oxoku |ʔon.

References : Baucom 24; Vossen 470-1.

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Khoekhoe etymology :

Proto-Khoekhoe : *|kxon

Meaning : name

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : |on-s

!Ora : |xʔȯnná; |xonna (Wu.)

Notes : Griqua |ʔon-i (Paul Kars).

References : Haacke 54; Meinhof 98, 149; Rust 318; Wuras 36.

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *|kxóǹ

Meaning : name

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : |xʔóǹ

Kxoe (Hukwe) : |xʔón; |xʔóṅ (Kö.)

Buga : |xʔṹĩ̀

|Ganda : |xʔṹĩ̀

Naro : |xʔõẽ̀; |xʔṹĩ̀ (V.); |̨kũĩ, |kũẽa (Ba.)

|Gwi : |xʔoàǹ; |uoñ (Ta.)

//Gana : |xʔóǹ; |uoñ (Ta.)

#Haba : |xʔúǹ

References : Barnard 76; KH; Tanaka 64; Visser 9; Vossen 470-1.

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East Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-East Khoe : *|ʔóǹ

Meaning : name

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Xaise : |ʔóǹ

Deti : |ʔúń

Cara : |ʔóǹ

Tsixa : |ʔòǹ

Danisi : |xʔúǹ

Kua : |ʔúǹ

Tsua : |ʔúǹ

Hietshware : |kun, ||kun

References : Dornan 105; Vossen 470-1.

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Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *|U (?)

Meaning : name

Proto-Bushman : |₁eu

Proto-Khoe : *|kxóǹ

Notes : The connection is not impossible (a little evidence exists that velar affricate effluxes in Khoe may correspond to zero effluxes in Bushman), but still highly tentative at this moment.

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 148

Proto-Bushman : *ǀ₁eu

Meaning : name

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *!u

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *ǀàu

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Proto-!Wi : *ǀe

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

ǂHoan : *!o

Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan

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North Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Ju: *ɳǂaiʰ (ʼɳǂ-)

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to gossip

Juǀʼhoan : ɳǂȁȉʰ // ɳǂȁȉʰ-xʼàò (n1 -si) "gossip-monger"

!O!Kung (Snyman): ɳǂàe

Kavango : ʔɳǂȅ (W) ~ ɳǂȅ (E)

References : Dickens 243; Heikkinen 1986; Snyman 1980: 39.

RefLex number: 1026

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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *|àu

Stems : *|ã̀u

Meaning : name

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : |àũ 2 II (pos.), |āũ 3 I (al.), pl. |ã̀ 2 II (pos.), 3 I (al.); |kaũ (Mg.)

Masarwa : |k"ãũ

|Nu//en : |kã

References : Bleek 295, 338; Maingard 1958: 102; Traill 54.

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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

Proto-!Wi : *|e

Stems : *|ẽ

Meaning : name

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : |kẽ, |ke (B.); |kẽ (Ll.)

//Ng : |kẽ

N|huki : ka |ĩ, ka |ẽ

//Kxau : |ẹ̄

//Xegwi (Batwa) : |ee (LH)

|Auni : |ke, |kẽn

References : Bleek 306-7; Meinhof 1929: 187; LHa 104; NFn.

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East #Hoan etymology :

Proto-#Hoan : *!o

Meaning : name

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

#Hoan : !kṓ (G.)

References : Gruber 1975: 4.