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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 539
Proto-Bushman : *ǀǀkxam (?)
Meaning : to grasp a handful of
Proto-Ju : *ǀǀxʼam
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
Proto-Taa : *ǀǀʔām
Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa
Notes : Correspondences are irregular; etymology dubious.
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North Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Ju: *ɡǀǀʰom̩
Tonal pattern: XX [j]
Meaning: club
Juǀʼhoan : ɡǀǀȍmm (n5 -si)
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ɡǀǀʰomm
ǀǀAuǀǀen : ɡǀǀùm̀ "knobkerrie"
!Kung (Lloyd) : ɡǀǀoˤḿm
Tsumkwe : ɡǀǀōm̄m̀
Tsintsabis : ɡ!ōm̄m̀
Okongo : ɡ!ōm̄m̀
South Omatako : ɡǀǀōm̄ʔm̀
North Omatako : ɡǀǀōm̄ʔm̀
Kameeldoring : ɡǀǀōm̄ʔm̀
Lister : ɡǀǀōm̄m̀
References : Bleek 533, 535; Dickens 217; Snyman 18; Snyman 1997: 51.
RefLex number: 598
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-Taa : *||ʔām
Meaning : to grasp a handful of things
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
!Xoong : ||ʔām kV
References : Traill 129.
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