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Khoekhoe etymology :

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Proto-Khoekhoe : *||ʔau
Meaning : fish
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
Nama : ||au-b; ||ou-b (R.)
!Ora : ||àù-b; ||aub (Wu.)
References : Haacke 75; Meinhof 115; Rust 324; Wuras 23.
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Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoe : *||ʔáù
Meaning : fish
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Khoekhoe : *||ʔau
West Khoe : *||ʔáù
East Khoe : *(||)ʔáù
Notes : See *||ʔáé for a similar situation in Proto-East CK.
References : Vossen 436.
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West Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-West Khoe : *||ʔáù
Meaning : fish
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
//Ani : ||ʔáù
Kxoe (Hukwe) : ||ʔéù; ||xʔeu (Ha.)
Buga : ||ʔáù
|Ganda : ||ʔáù
Naro : ||ʔáù (V.); ||áù, ||ou, ||ʔou (Ba.)
|Gwi : ||ʔáù; |áo (Ta.)
//Gana : ||ʔáù; |áo (Ta.)
#Haba : ||ʔáù
References : Barnard 40; Haacke 1997: 198; KH; Tanaka 36; Vossen 436.
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East Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-East Khoe : *(||)ʔáù
Meaning : fish
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
|Xaise : ʔáú
Deti : ʔáú
Cara : ʔáú
Tsixa : ||ʔáù
Danisi : ʔáù
References : Vossen 436.
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoisan : *||ʔau
Meaning : fish
Proto-Bushman : *||ʔau
Proto-Khoe : *||ʔáù
Notes : This is most probably a Khoe borrowing in Northern Khoisan (most Peripheral Khoisan languages do not even have the word for "fish" at all).
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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 75
Proto-Bushman : *ǀǀʔau
Meaning : fish
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Proto-Ju : *ǀǀʼau
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
Notes : Good NK root with CK correspondences. (The word "fish" is not recorded for any attested SK language, not even for !Xóõ).
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North Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Ju: *ǀǀʼau
Tonal pattern: LL [j]
Meaning: fish
Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology
Juǀʼhoan : ǀǀʼàù (n2)
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ǀǀʼeu
!Kung (Lloyd) : ǀǀʼauː
!Kung (Wilhelm): ǀǀʼaːu
!O!Kung (Bleek) : ǀǀʼau
References : Bleek 518; Dickens 338; Snyman 21.
RefLex number: 2758
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