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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 119
Proto-Bushman : *cʔa
Meaning : to sleep
Proto-Ju : *cʼa
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
ǂHoan : *ca/*čʔa
Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan
Notes : The ǂHoan forms vary irregularly, so the actual initial consonant is unclear. Traill even records a variant with an initial labial click (sic!).
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North Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Ju: *cʼa
Tonal pattern: HH [j] ~ MM [k] ~ MM [e]
Meaning: to sleep
Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology
Juǀʼhoan : cʼá // (n5) "sleep (n.)"; cʼá-sí (n5 -si) "sleeping place"
ǀǀAuǀǀen : cá ~ cʼaː
!Kung (Lloyd) : cà ~ cá // cá-si ~ cá-sːi "sleeping-place"
!Kung (Doke): cʼaː
!O!Kung (Bleek) : cʼa ~ ca
!O!Kung (Snyman): cʼà
Kavango : cʼá
Ekoka : čʼā
Tsumkwe : cʼá
Tsintsabis : cʼá
Okongo : čʼá
Leeunes : cʼá
Mpunguvlei : cʼá
Cuito : cʼá
Cuando : čʼa
South Omatako : cʼá
North Omatako : cʼá
Kameeldoring : cʼá
Lister : cʼá
References : Bleek 210, 212; Dickens 278; Heikkinen 1986; KH 139; Snyman 1980: 6; Snyman 1997: 68.
RefLex number: 1646
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East #Hoan etymology :

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Proto-#Hoan : *ca/*čʔa
Meaning : to lie; to sleep
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
#Hoan : tsa (C.); čʔã́ã́ (H.); ʘʔā, tsʔā̂ (T.)
References : Collins 2001a: 93; Honken 1988: 56; Traill 1973: 30.
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