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Khoekhoe etymology :
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Proto-Khoekhoe : *!ʔu-ri
Meaning : white
Nama : !uri
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Central Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-Khoe : *!ʔú
Meaning : white
Notes : Irregular *!ʔ- in Proto-East CK (indicative of later re-borrowings). Baucom: ǂ'Oxoku !uri.
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West Central Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-West Khoe : *!ʔú
Meaning : white
Naro : !ʔú (V.); !ʔú, !ʔó, !ú, !ó (Ba.)
|Gwi : !ʔú; !u (Ta.)
//Gana : !ʔú; !u (Ta.)
#Haba : !ʔú
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East Central Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-East Khoe : *!ʔú (?)
Meaning : white
Kua : !ʔǔ
Tsua : !ʔú
Notes : A very dubious form for Proto-East Khoe, since the alveolar click is regularly dropped in all East Khoe languages. Most probably, the attested forms are re-borrowings from a West Khoe source.
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-Khoisan : *!ʔu
Meaning : white
Notes : Color words are frequently borrowed in Khoisan (and other African) languages, but the internal structure of the word in North and South Khoisan differs too radically from its structure in Khoe to be easily dismissed as a borrowing.
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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :
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Number : 244
Proto-Bushman : *!(a)ʔu
Meaning : white
Proto-Ju : *!aʔu
Proto-Taa : *ɳ!ú (?)
Proto-!Wi : *!u[i]
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North Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-Ju: *ǂau
Tonal pattern: XX [j]
Meaning: side of body
Juǀʼhoan : ǂȁȕʰ (n5 -si) "kidney" // ǂȁȕʰ-šòšòrò ~ ǂȁȕʰ-!ʼòò-!ʼòrò (n5 -si) "kidney"
Mpunguvlei : ǂāù
Cuito : ǂāù
Cuando : ǂāù
RefLex number: 2000
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :
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Proto-Taa : *ɳ!ú
Meaning : white
!Xoong : ɳ!úńa (kú)
!Xoong derivates : kâ-ɳ!úi-sà "whiteness"
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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :
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Proto-!Wi : *!u[i]
Meaning : white
|Xam : !kúïta (B.); !kŭ́ïtǝn, !kŭïtă (Ll.)
N|huki : !huri-ǝ, !ʔuri-jǝ
#Khomani : ŋ!ʔurija, !ʔurija (Mg.)
//Kxau : !ui
Notes : The N|huki/#Khomani forms should rather be treated as Nama borrowings (Proto-Khoekhoe *!ʔuri 'white'); however, the |Xam and //Kxau forms are probably original.
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