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Khoekhoe etymology :

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Proto-Khoekhoe : *ɳ||ã
Meaning : horn
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
Nama : ||nâ-b
References : Haacke 90; Rust 273.
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Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoe : *ɳ||â
Meaning : horn
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Khoekhoe : *ɳ||ã
West Khoe : *ɳ||â
East Khoe : *ɳ||â
Notes : Unclear nasal vowel in Proto-Khoekhoe. Baucom: ||Gabake ɳ||aʔa, Buka, Shua ɳ||a.
References : Baucom 22; Vossen 452.
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West Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-West Khoe : *ɳ||â
Meaning : horn
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
//Ani : ɳ||nâ
Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɳ||áà; ɳ||nâ (Kö.)
Buga : ɳ||nâ
|Ganda : ɳ||nâ
Naro : ɳ||nâ (V.); n||â (Ba.)
|Gwi : ɳ||nâ; nǂá (Ta.)
//Gana : ɳ||nâ; nǂá (Ta.)
#Haba : ɳ||nâ
References : Barnard 69; KH; Tanaka 47; Vossen 452.
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East Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-East Khoe : *ɳ||â
Meaning : horn
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
|Xaise : ɳ||nâ
Deti : ɳ||nâ
Cara : ɳ||nâ
Tsixa : ɳ||nâ
Danisi : ɳ||nâ
Kua : ɳ||nâ
Tsua : ɳ||nâ
Hietshware : ŋ||gaa
Sehura : $na
References : Bleek 689; Dornan 107; Vossen 452.
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoisan : *ƛana
Meaning : horn
Proto-Bushman : *||ãẽ
Proto-Khoe : *ɳ||â
Sandawe : *ƛana
Notes : One of the best common Khoisan items: not only is the Khoe form beautifully deductible from Sandawe as a result of syllable reduction and secondary click formation, but the same root is also found in South Khoisan.
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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 97
Proto-Bushman : *ǀǀãẽ
Meaning : horn
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Proto-Taa : *ǀǀã̄(ẽ)
Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa
Proto-!Wi : *ǀǀqhẽĩ
Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi
Notes : A SK isogloss.
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-Taa : *||ã̄(ẽ)
Meaning : horn
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
!Xoong : ||āẽ 3 II, pl. ||ān-sâ 3 II
Masarwa : bari||gai (Schu.); ||kʌnša, pl. ||kwãša
|Nu//en : ||kã
References : Bleek 15, 547, 551, 567, 568, 569, 574, 595, 598; Traill 103.
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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-!Wi : *||ẽĩ
Meaning : horn
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Xam : ||kē_ŋ, pl. emph. ||keĩ||keĩ́yaṅ (B.); ||khẽ̄, pl. ||kĕ́í||kéï, ||kéŋï||kéŋï, ||kéī̃||kéïŋ (Ll.)
//Ng : ||kãĩŋ, pl. ||keĩsa
N|huki : ||qhoe-si
#Khomani : ||kẽĩ (Mg.)
//Xegwi (Batwa) : ||kẽ; ||gii (LH)
|Auni : ||kẽĩ
References : Bleek 547, 551, 567, 568, 569, 574, 595, 598; LHb 48; NFn.
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Sandawe etymology :

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Proto-Sandawe : *ƛana
Meaning : horn
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Sandawe : t_ana (D.); tlana (K., Kim.); tláná (TBW)
References : Dempwolff 53; Kagaya 102; Kimmenade 56; TBW 305.
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