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Khoekhoe etymology :

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Proto-Khoekhoe : *|kxao
Meaning : snake
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
Nama : |ao-b
!Ora : |xʔȧȯ-b; |xaub (Wu.)
References : Haacke 51; Meinhof 98; Rust 14; Wuras 47.
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Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoe : *|kxáó
Meaning : snake
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Khoekhoe : *|kxao
West Khoe : *|kxáó
East Khoe : *|ʔáó
Notes : Baucom: Kx'am ||õã, ǂ'Oxoku |kxʔao.
References : Baucom 26; Vossen 485.
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West Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-West Khoe : *|kxáó
Meaning : snake
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
Naro : |xʔao; |xʔáó (V.); |kóú, |óú (Ba.)
|Gwi : |xʔáú; |áo (Ta.)
//Gana : |xʔáó; |áo (Ta.)
#Haba : |xʔáò
References : Barnard 43; Tanaka 89; Visser 8; Vossen 485.
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East Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-East Khoe : *|ʔáó
Meaning : snake
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
|Xaise : |ʔàó
Deti : |ʔàó
Cara : |ʔàó
Danisi : |ʔàó
Kua : |ʔáó
Tsua : |ʔáó
Hietshware : |gauo
References : Dornan 95; Vossen 485.
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoisan : *|kxaU
Meaning : snake
Proto-Bushman : *|kxa[U]
Proto-Khoe : *|kxáó
Sandawe : *c̣iga (?)
Notes : For phonetic and semantic reasons, it is more reasonable to think of genetic relationship here than borrowing between Peripheral Khoisan and Khoe. Inclusion of the Sandawe form is very hypothetical, but it does contain a glottalized affricate that could have easily yielded *|kx- under the secondary click formation scenario.
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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 358
Proto-Bushman : *ǀkxa[U]
Meaning : a k. of snake
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Proto-Ju : *ǀxʼãũ
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
Proto-!Wi : *ǀa̰ (?)
Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi
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North Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Ju: *!̯xao
Tonal pattern: LL [j]
Meaning: hippopotamus
Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology
Juǀʼhoan : !xàò (n2)
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): !xao
ǀǀAuǀǀen : !au
!Kung (Lloyd) : !ao ~ !xáu
!Kung (Doke): !̯xʼau
!O!Kung (Snyman): !xàó
Kavango : ǀǀxàó "rhinoceros"
References : Bleek 408, 412, 498, 511; Dickens 94; Heikkinen 1986; Snyman 55; Snyman 1980: 10.
RefLex number: 2412
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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-!Wi : *|a̰
Meaning : snake
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Xam : |k"ā́ū̇ "black snake" (B.)
//Ng : |k"ase; |k"aū "long yellow snake"
N|huki : |a̰a̰-si, |ã̰ã̰-si
#Khomani : =|kxʔau
//Kxau : |hạ̃, |ã
Notes : The forms with the velar affricate efflux should probably be distinguished from forms with the zero efflux as later borrowings from Khoekhoe.
References : Bleek 286, 294, 335, 338; Meinhof 1929: 187; NFn.
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Sandawe etymology :

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Proto-Sandawe : *c̣iga
Meaning : a k. of snake
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Sandawe : tsʔígā́ŋ "cobra" (E.); ts'iga "serpent cracheur" (Kim.)
References : Elderkin 1983: 509; Kimmenade 59.
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