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Khoekhoe etymology :

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Proto-Khoekhoe : *ǂʔoa
Meaning : wind
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
Nama : ǂoa-b
!Ora : ǂʔȯȧ-b; ǂoa-b (Wu.)
References : Haacke 112; Meinhof 144; Rust 331; Wuras 56.
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Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoe : *ǂʔɔ̃ã́ (?)
Meaning : wind
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Khoekhoe : *ǂʔoa
West Khoe : *ǂʔã́
East Khoe : *ʔjã́
Notes : Irregular correspondences between Proto-Khoekhoe and non-Khoe languages.
References : Vossen 507.
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West Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-West Khoe : *ǂʔã́
Meaning : wind
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
//Ani : ǂʔã́
Kxoe (Hukwe) : ǂʔã́
Buga : ǂʔã́
|Ganda : ǂʔã́
Naro : ǂʔã́ (V.); ǂaba (B.); ǂãã (Ba.)
|Gwi : ǂʔã́; !ā (Ta.)
//Gana : ǂʔã́; !ā (Ta.)
#Haba : ǂʔã́
Tsaukwe : ǂa
References : Barnard 33; Bleek 640; KH; Tanaka 107; Vossen 507.
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East Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-East Khoe : *ʔjã́
Meaning : wind
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
|Xaise : ʔyã́
Deti : ʔyã̌
Cara : ʔyã́
Tsixa : ǂʔã́
Danisi : ʔyã́
Kua : ʔyã̂
Tsua : ʔyã̂
Hietshware : nyaa
References : Dornan 107; Vossen 507.
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoisan : *ǂqʔU-
Meaning : wind
Proto-Bushman : *ǂqʔhu-
Proto-Khoe : *ǂʔɔ̃ã́ (?)
Notes : Click efflux correspondences are obscure, but at least this rules out recent borrowing.
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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 584
Proto-Bushman : *ǂqʔhu-
Meaning : wind
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Proto-Ju : *ǂʼã (?)
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
Proto-Taa : *ǂqhù
Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa
Proto-!Wi : *ǂqhwe
Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi
ǂHoan : *ǂqʔui
Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan
Notes : The NK form hardly belongs here, but cf. PCK *ǂʔɔ́ã́ id. - it is hard to determine whether it is the NK forms or the SK/ǂHoan ones that correspond better to CK.
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North Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Ju: *ɳǀũ
Tonal pattern: XX [j]
Meaning: to be grumpy, sulky
Juǀʼhoan : ɳǀũ̏
References : Dickens 241.
RefLex number: 1010
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-Taa : *ǂqhù
Meaning : wind
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
!Xoong : ǂqhùe 3 II, pl. ǂqhûm-tê 3 II
Masarwa : ||khwē, ||k"wē
|Nu//en : ǂkhwē, ǂkhoe, ǂkwē, ǂxē
!Xoong derivates : dim. ǂqhûu-bâ; tâa |è ǂqhûe "a personʔs spirit"
References : Bleek 532, 579, 610, 662, 664, 666, 679; Traill 142.
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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-!Wi : *ǂqhwe
Meaning : wind
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Xam : !kwé, emph. !kwétǝn (B.); !koja (B. early); tʔ1kooih (Lich.); !khwĕ́, emph. !khwétǝn (Ll.)
//Ng : !khwe, khwe; |uhḗ (?)
N|huki : ǂqhoe
#Khomani : ǂkówe, ǂkhwe (Dk.); ǂkhou "south wind" (Dk.) (?)
//Kxau : ǂho_e
//Ku//e : -||gõʔi
//Xegwi (Batwa) : šuwi; šwee (LH)
|Auni : ǂkwē
References : Bleek 90, 183, 320, 358, 432, 440, 532, 579, 610, 662, 664, 666, 679; LHa 102; Meinhof 1929: 188; NFn.
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East #Hoan etymology :

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Proto-#Hoan : *ǂqʔui
Meaning : wind
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
#Hoan : qǂʔui (BC.); ǂui, ǂkʔui (T.)
References : Bell-Collins 2001: 146; Traill 1973: 32.
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