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Macro-Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoisan : *|u
Meaning : dew
Proto-Bushman : *ʒ_gχaU
Proto-Khoe : *|kxau
Sandawe : *c̣exa
Hadza : *c̣i (?)
Notes : Borrowing is almost excluded due to the complex correspondences between branches. Sandawe c̣exa is easily compatible with a form like Khoe *|kxau; the same cannot be so easily said about Hadza c̣i, though.
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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 671
Proto-Bushman : *ʒ_gxaU
Meaning : to rain lightly; dew
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Proto-Ju : *ǂxʼ1ou
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
Proto-Taa : *ʒgxáu
Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa
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North Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Ju: *toʰ
Tonal pattern: XX [j]
Meaning: to thread (beads, etc.); have more than one wife
Juǀʼhoan : tȍʰ // tȍʰ-xʼàò (n1 -si) "bigamist, polygamist"
ǀǀAuǀǀen : tɔka "to thread"
References : Bleek 207; Dickens 273.
RefLex number: 1554
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-Taa : *ʒgxáu
Meaning : to rain lightly
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
!Xoong : dtsʔkxʔáu-dtsʔkxʔàu
References : Traill 169.
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Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoe : *|kxau
Meaning : dew, spring
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Khoekhoe : *|kxau
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Khoekhoe etymology :

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Proto-Khoekhoe : *|kxau
Meaning : dew; spring, fountain
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
Nama : |au-b
!Ora : |xʔȧu̇-s "Quelle"
References : Haacke 52; Meinhof 98.
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Sandawe etymology :

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Proto-Sandawe : *c̣exa
Meaning : dew
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Sandawe : ts'eχa (D.); tsʔē̌xā́ (E.); ts'éχa (Kim.)
References : Dempwolff 52; Elderkin 1983: 509; Kimmenade 59.
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Hadza etymology :

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Proto-Hadza : *c̣i
Meaning : dew
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Hadza : hits'i (E.)
References : Ehret 1986: 115.
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoisan : *|u
Meaning : dew
Proto-Bushman : *ʒ_gχaU
Proto-Khoe : *|kxau
Sandawe : *c̣exa
Hadza : *c̣i (?)
Notes : Borrowing is almost excluded due to the complex correspondences between branches. Sandawe c̣exa is easily compatible with a form like Khoe *|kxau; the same cannot be so easily said about Hadza c̣i, though.
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