Khoekhoe etymology :

Proto-Khoekhoe : *khoe

Meaning : person

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : khoe-b "man", khoe-s "woman"; khoib "man", khois "woman" (R.)

!Ora : khoe-s "Menschlichkeit"; khoʷē-b "man", khoʷē-s "woman" (Wu.)

Notes : Griqua khoe-b, khoi-b.

References : Haacke 22; Meinhof 86, 148; Rust 238; Wuras 34, 57.

Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *khóé

Meaning : person

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *khoe

West Khoe : *khóé

East Khoe : *ḱhóé

References : Baucom 33; Vossen 409.

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *khóé

Meaning : person

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : khóé

Kxoe (Hukwe) : kxóé; khwe (Bau.); khui "man" (W.)

Buga : khóé

|Ganda : khóé

Naro : khóè (V.); kwe, pl. kwena, kwene, kweane (B.); khùè "person" (Ba.)

|Gwi : khóé; kue (Ta.)

//Gana : khóè; kue (Ta.)

#Haba : khóè

References : Barnard 70; Bleek 90, 112; KH; Tanaka 71; Vossen 409.

East Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-East Khoe : *ḱhóé

Meaning : person

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Xaise : khóé

Deti : khóé

Cara : khóé

Tsixa : khóè

Danisi : khóè

Kua : khòé

Tsua : chòé

Hietshware : tšwa, tšowe

References : Dornan 91; Vossen 409.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *khwe

Meaning : person

Proto-Khoe : *khóé

Hadza : *akhʷe-, *akhʷa

Notes : Initial a- in Hadza may be a fossilized prefix.

Hadza etymology :

Proto-Hadza : *akhʷe-, *akhʷa

Meaning : woman, female; boy, son

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Hadza : akwete, akweti, akwiti, pl. ak(w)itibe, akwitive, akweve, akitibe (B.); akwā "boy, son, brother, grandfather" (B.); ʔakae "brother" (E.); ʔak^hwiti- "woman" (S.)

Notes : Also: akwi-ako 'daughter', akwi-nakwite 'aunt', akwi-nakwi 'daughter-in-law' (D.B.).

References : Bleek 7, 8; Elderkin; Sands 188.

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