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Khoekhoe etymology :

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Proto-Khoekhoe : *!kxao
Meaning : neck
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
Nama : !ao-b, !ao-s; !aub, !aus (R.)
!Ora : !ʔáó-b; !xaub (Wu.)
Notes : The Meinhof form is irregular (mishearing?).
References : Haacke 93; Meinhof 106; Rust 30; Wuras 36.
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Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoe : *!kxáó
Meaning : neck
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Khoekhoe : *!kxao
West Khoe : *!kxáó
East Khoe : *kʔao
Notes : Baucom: Kx'am ||õã !kau.
References : Baucom 24; Vossen 446.
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West Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-West Khoe : *!kxáó
Meaning : neck
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
//Ani : !xʔáó
Naro : !xʔáó (V.); !kau, !kou (Ba.)
|Gwi : !kxao (Ta.)
//Gana : kxʔáó; kxao (Ta.)
#Haba : !xʔáó
Tsaukwe : !kau
References : Barnard 65; Bleek 412; Tanaka 64; Vossen 446.
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East Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-East Khoe : *kʔao
Meaning : neck
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
|Xaise : kʔàò
Deti : kʔàó
Cara : kʔáó
Cua : kʔáò
Kua : kʔàó
References : Bleek 412; Vossen 446.
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoisan : *!̯Ka- (?)
Meaning : neck
Proto-Bushman : *ɡ!̯a̰e ~ *!̯a̰e
Proto-Khoe : *!kxáó
Notes : The connection is weak (unaccounted velar affricate efflux in Kxoe).
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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 149
Proto-Bushman : *ɡ!̯a̰e ~ *!̯a̰e
Meaning : neck, shoulder
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Proto-Ju : *!̯ãĩ
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
Proto-Taa : *ɡǀǀá̰e
Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa
Proto-!Wi : *ɡǀǀa̰
Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi
Notes : Correspondences are acceptable.
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North Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Ju: *!ʼʰom
Tonal pattern: LL [j]
Meaning: leopard
Juǀʼhoan : !ʼʰòm (n2) // (?) !ʼʰòm-kò-!xã́ṍ (n3) "flowering thorn-producing plant sp."; (?) !ʼʰòm-zõ̏ã̀-zõ̏ã̀ (n2 -si) "fly sp."
ǀǀAuǀǀen : !ʼʰum ~ !ʼum
!Kung (Lloyd) : !umm "an animal"
!Kung (Doke): !um
!O!Kung (Bleek) : !ʼʰḿ ~ !um
Mpunguvlei : !ʼʰòm "spotted"
Cuito : !ʼʰòm "spotted"
Cuando : !ʼʰòm "spotted"
References : Bleek 397, 399, 452; Dickens 324; Snyman 1997: 50.
RefLex number: 2504
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-Taa : *ɡ||á̰e
Meaning : shoulder, shoulder blade
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
!Xoong : ɡ||á̰e 2 II (pos.), 3 I (al.), pl. -tê 2 II (pos.), 3 I (al.)
Masarwa : ||gãĩ, dãĩ
References : Bleek 20, 524; Traill 107.
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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-!Wi : *ɡ||a̰
Stems : *||ga̰-i
Meaning : shoulder
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Xam : ||gại, emph. ||gạitǝn (B.); ||gāē "shoulderblade" (B.); ||gạ́ï̀, pl. ||gặi|| gạ́itǝn (Ll.)
//Ng : ||gai "shoulderblade"
N|huki : ||a̰ḛ
//Ku//e : ||gɔ̃-tu
|Auni : -||gḁe
References : Bleek 523, 524, 534; NFn.
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