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Khoekhoe etymology :

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Proto-Khoekhoe : *|a
Meaning : small
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
Nama : |gā (R.)
!Ora : |ȧ; |ka (Wu.)
References : Meinhof 95; Rust 74; Wuras 47.
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Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoe : *|a
Meaning : small
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Khoekhoe : *|a
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoisan : *CV[WV]
Meaning : small
Proto-Bushman : *|ʷa
Proto-Khoe : *|a
Notes : Cf. also Sandawe c̣ō (if not to *cʔV- id.)?
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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 253
Proto-Bushman : *ǀʷa
Meaning : small, young
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Proto-Ju : *ma
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
Proto-Taa : *ʘà
Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa
Proto-!Wi : *ʘV
Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi
Notes : The comparison is acceptable if we suggest a special intervocalic development (*-ʷǀ- > *-ʘ- > *-m-) for PNK, where the root is mostly used as a diminutive suffix. The diminutive suffix function is also prominent in !Xóõ, which makes the comparison even more reliable.
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North Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Ju: √sam
Tonal pattern: LL [j]
Meaning: to hold between the fingers
Juǀʼhoan : sàm
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): sem
References : Dickens 262; Snyman 44.
RefLex number: 1381
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-Taa : *ʘà
Meaning : young; child
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
!Xoong : ʘàa 2 II, pl. ʘʔâni 2 II, ʘàa-tû 4 II "young of (animals); child; daughter-, son-, mother-in-law"
Masarwa : ʘpā "grandson, granddaughter, daughter-in-law"
|Nu//en : ʘpware še ||ka "sister-in-law"
!Xoong derivates : ʘàje ʘàa "animal"; ʘàje ʘʔâni "animals"; !xóńa-tê ʘʔâni "the !Xóõ people"; |ʔã̀ ʘàa "a small or distant fire"; kâ-ʘàa-bà 2 II, kâ-ʘàa-tû ʘʔâni 4 II "child"; ʘàa ʔ|nàn 3 II, -tû 4 II "daughter-, son-, mother-in-law, husbandʔs elder sister"; ʘàa ɡ!āho 3 II, -tû 4 II "cousin, fatherʔs sisterʔs child, motherʔs brotherʔs child"
Notes : The Masarwa and |Nu||en forms are hardly possible to separate from PT *ʘqa̰ 'child', given the impossibility of distinguishing between zero efflux and uvular efflux in Bleek's dictionary. The separation here is thus provisionary, based primarily on semantic reasons.
References : Bleek 682, 683, 684, 685, 686, 687; Traill 47.
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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-!Wi : *ʘV
Meaning : young; child
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Xam : ʘu̥á "little, young" (B.); ʘpāxai, ʘaxai, ʘpo̥āxʔai "daughter" (B.); ʘaʘaide "granddaughter" (B.); ʘoṅ, ʘōnde, ʘpuandē_ "sons" (B.); ʘpu̥ắ "little, young" (Ll.); ʘpu̥ŏṅ "son" (Ll.); ʘpu̥axai "daughter" (Ll.); ʘpu̥ăʘpu̥áiddi "grandson" (Ll.)
//Ng : ʘpwa "little"; ʘpwo(ŋ) "child, son"; ʘpwāxe "daughter"; ʘpwāno "father-in-law"; ʘpwanu "daughter-in-law"
N|huki : ʘun "small", ʘʷaaxe "daughter"
#Khomani : ʘkɔ̃ "son" (Dk.); ʘkwaxai "daughter" (Dk.); ʘpain "child" (Mg.); ʘʔwã "son" (Mg.); ʘʔwaxai "daughter" (Mg.)
//Kxau : ʘʔo "son"
//Ku//e : ʘpwɔ(n) "son"; ʘpāgati "daughter"; ʘpāti "child"; ʘpāxe "granddaughter"
!Gã!ne : ʘpwa, ʘpwa-si "child"
//Xegwi (Batwa) : ʘ̥ōŋ "son"; ʘ̥āre, ʘ̥āri "calf; child; little one"; ʘari "small", ʘõ "son" (LH)
|Auni : ʘpa, ʘpwa, ʘpwɔn "son"; ʘpwoe, ʘpwāxe "daughter"
|Haasi : ʘpxwa "child"; ʘxā "daughter"
Notes : The vocalism is extremely hard to establish here, especially considering that there are probably several vocalic bases. Most probable are the following reconstructions: (a) *ʘa "little, young"; (b) *ʘon "son" (although Maingard's ǂKhomani speaks rather in favour of *ʘoã); (c) *ʘa-xai "daughter". |Haasi ʘxā "daughter" < *ʘa-xa with reduction; |Haasi ʘpxwa "child" is not quite clear.
References : Bleek 682, 683, 684, 685, 686, 687; NFn; LHa 104; LHb 48; Maingard 239, 242.
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