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Khoekhoe etymology :

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Proto-Khoekhoe : *!ʔu-ri
Meaning : white
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
Nama : !uri
References : Haacke 95; Rust 373.
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Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoe : *!ʔú
Meaning : white
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Khoekhoe : *!ʔu-ri
West Khoe : *!ʔú
East Khoe : *!ʔú
Notes : Irregular *!ʔ- in Proto-East CK (indicative of later re-borrowings). Baucom: ǂ'Oxoku !uri.
References : Baucom 28; Vossen 506.
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West Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-West Khoe : *!ʔú
Meaning : white
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
Naro : !ʔú (V.); !ʔú, !ʔó, !ú, !ó (Ba.)
|Gwi : !ʔú; !u (Ta.)
//Gana : !ʔú; !u (Ta.)
#Haba : !ʔú
References : Barnard 121; Tanaka 107; Vossen 506.
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East Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-East Khoe : *!ʔú (?)
Meaning : white
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
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.
References : Vossen 506.
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoisan : *!ʔu
Meaning : white
Proto-Bushman : *!(a)ʔu
Proto-Khoe : *!ʔú
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
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Proto-Ju : *!aʔu
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
Proto-Taa : *ɳ!ú (?)
Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa
Proto-!Wi : *!u[i]
Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi
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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
References : Dickens 299; Snyman 1997: 99.
RefLex number: 2000
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-Taa : *ɳ!ú
Meaning : white
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
!Xoong : ɳ!úńa (kú)
!Xoong derivates : kâ-ɳ!úi-sà "whiteness"
References : Traill 96.
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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-!Wi : *!u[i]
Meaning : white
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|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.
References : Bleek 450, 493; Maingard 243; Meinhof 1929: 188; NFn.
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