Khoekhoe etymology :

Proto-Khoekhoe : *|ʔui

Meaning : stone; mountain

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : |ui-b, |ui-s

!Ora : |ʔui; |uyb "mountain", |ui̇b "stone" (Wu.)

References : Haacke 55; Meinhof 95; Rust 369; Wuras 36, 49.

Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *|ʔúí

Meaning : stone; mountain

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *|ʔui

East Khoe : *|ʔúí

Notes : Baucom: ǂ'Oxoku |ʔui, ||Aremn ||ais |ui.

References : Baucom 25; Vossen 495.

East Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-East Khoe : *|ʔúí

Meaning : stone; mountain

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Deti : |ʔúí

Cara : |ʔúì

Sehura : $ui

References : Bleek 689; Vossen 495.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *|[n]u-

Meaning : stone

Proto-Bushman : *ɳ|₁u-

Proto-Khoe : *|ʔúí

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 144

Proto-Bushman : *ɳǀ₁u-

Meaning : stone, mountain

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *ɳ!om

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *ɳǀū

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

North Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Ju: *ɳ!ãʔa

Tonal pattern: XL [j]

Meaning: dawn

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ã̏ʔã̀ (n5) // ɳ!ã̏ʔã̀-ǂõ̏ (n3) "morning-star, Venus"

Kavango : ɳ!ãʔa

References : Dickens 250; Heikkinen 1986.

RefLex number: 1177

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *ɳ|ū

Stems : *ɳ|ū-le; *ɳ|ū-n

Meaning : stone; mountain; (?) lightning

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ɳ|ūle 3 I, pl. ɳ|ūn 2 I "stone"

Masarwa : |nūn "mountain", |nyle, ||nyle "stone"

!Xoong derivates : dim. ɳ|úlu ʘàa

References : Bleek 352, 354, 624; Traill 69.

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