Khoekhoe etymology :

Proto-Khoekhoe : *|u

Meaning : near (to be)

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : |gū "to approach, draw near, come near to"

!Ora : |u "nahe bringen"; |kusē (Wu.)

References : Haacke 63; Meinhof 99; Rust 139; Wuras 36.

Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *|û

Meaning : near (to be)

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *|u

West Khoe : *|û

East Khoe : *|û

References : Baucom 24; Vossen 470.

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *|û

Meaning : near (to be)

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : |û

Kxoe (Hukwe) : |úù; |û (Kö.)

Buga : |û

|Ganda : |û

Naro : |û (V.); |kuu, |uu (Ba.)

|Gwi : |û; |u(ka) (Ta.)

//Gana : |û; |u(ka) (Ta.)

#Haba : |û

References : Barnard 118; KH; Tanaka 64; Vossen 470.

East Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-East Khoe : *|û

Meaning : near (to be)

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Xaise : |û

Deti : |û

Cara : |û

Tsixa : |û

Danisi : |û

Kua : |û

Tsua : |û

Hietshware : |ku

References : Bleek 322; Dornan 104; Vossen 470.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *[H]aj-

Meaning : mother

Proto-Bushman : *[H]ai

Proto-Khoe : *ɣáí

Sandawe : *ij-

Hadza : *aja-

Notes : A universal stem, not indicative per se of Macro-Khoisan.

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 821

Proto-Bushman : *[H]ai

Meaning : mother

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *ai

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-!Wi : *[x]ai

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

North Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Ju: *ai

Tonal pattern: HH

Meaning: my/our mother

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : áíá ~ áíé (n1 - sĩ)

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): eiya "Mother"

!Kung (Lloyd) : ái

!Kung (Doke): ʔai

!Kung (Vedder): ái

References : Bleek 6; Dickens 116; Snyman 49.

RefLex number: 7

South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

Proto-!Wi : *[x]ai

Meaning : mother; fem. suffix

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : -xai (Ll.)

#Khomani : -xai (Mg.)

|Auni : ai, kai, khaia "mother"

|Haasi : ʔi "mother"

|Nusan : ||ga-xai "sister"

References : Bleek 6, 68, 77, 88, 255; Maingard 239.

Sandawe etymology :

Proto-Sandawe : *ij-

Meaning : mother

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Sandawe : 'iyo (D.); iyoo (K.); io (Kim.); ʔiyo (TBW)

References : Dempwolff 46; Kagaya 19; Kimmenade 43; TBW 305.

Hadza etymology :

Proto-Hadza : *aja-

Meaning : mother, grandmother

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Hadza : aija, aijako (B.); ʔaya (E.); aayà (Tc.)

References : Bleek 7; Elderkin; Tucker.

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