Khoekhoe etymology :

Proto-Khoekhoe : *!ãĩ

Meaning : good

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : !gâi

!Ora : !ãĩ; !kai₂ (Wu.)

References : Haacke 98; Meinhof 108; Rust 88; Wuras 25.

Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *!ã́ĩ̀

Meaning : good

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *!ãĩ

West Khoe : *!ã́ĩ̀

East Khoe : *kã́ĩ̀

References : Baucom 20; Vossen 445.

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *!áĩ̀

Meaning : good

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Ganda : kã́ĩ̀

Naro : !ã́ĩ̀ (V.); !áĩ̀, !káĩ̀ (Ba.)

References : Barnard 116; Vossen 445.

East Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-East Khoe : *káĩ̀

Meaning : good

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Xaise : kã́ĩ̀

Deti : kã́ĩ̀

Cara : kã́ĩ́

Tsixa : kã́ĩ̀

Danisi : kã́ĩ̀

Kua : kã́ĩ̀

Tsua : kã́ĩ̀

Hietshware : kaie "to be agreeable, nice, pretty"

References : Dornan 100; Vossen 445.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *!ãĩ

Meaning : good

Proto-Bushman : *!ãĩ

Proto-Khoe : *!ã́ĩ̀

Sandawe : *ʎā (?)

Notes : The Sandawe comparison is only acceptable if PPB *! is in fact *!̯, and even then Khoe yields unexpected correspondences.

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 89

Proto-Bushman : *!ãĩ

Meaning : good

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *kãĩ ~ *!ai

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-!Wi : *ǂãĩ (?)

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

North Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Ju: *kãĩ ~ *!ai

Tonal pattern: LL [j]

Meaning: good

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : !àì-sí

ǀǀAuǀǀen : !ãĩ

!Kung (Doke): gãĩ (?)

!Kung (Vedder): gãĩ (?)

!Kung (Wilhelm): gai (?)

Kavango : kã̀ĩ̋ˤ (?)

Ekoka : kã̄hĩ́ (?)

Notes : The forms with the alveolar click may actually represent (re)borrowings from Khoekhoe.

References : Bleek 42, 405; Dickens 310; Heikkinen 1986; KH 133.

RefLex number: 2224

South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

Proto-!Wi : *ǂãĩ (?)

Meaning : good

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : !kḗṅ, !kẽ̄ï^ŋ, !ké^ŋī̆^ŋ, ||ẽ̄in, ||ẽ̄ï^ŋ (Ll.)

//Ng : !kãĩja

|Auni : -ǂkãĩ "beautiful, pleasant"

References : Bleek 369, 580.

Sandawe etymology :

Proto-Sandawe : *ʎā

Meaning : good

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Sandawe : s_ȧ, s_ao, s_awe (D.); hlaa, hlaau (K.); dhlau, dhlawé (Kim.)

References : Dempwolff 51; Kagaya 87; Kimmenade 38.

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