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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 131
Proto-Bushman : *!Xũã
Meaning : man, male, Bushman
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Proto-Ju : *!Xũã
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
Proto-Taa : *!xṍ
Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa
Proto-!Wi : *!u
Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi
Notes : The efflux is somewhat unclear, but it should be noted that in NK the variants with *-h- and *-x- are in constant fluctuation; if the *-x-variant is primary, the comparison is perfectly justified. The !Wi entry is very dubious.
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North Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Ju: *!xo
Tonal pattern: HH [j]
Meaning: elephant
Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology
Juǀʼhoan : !xó (n2) // !xó-cʼàù (n5 -si) "elephant tusk"; (?) !xó-ɳǂõ̀ˤ-ɳǂõ̀ˤ (n3 -si) "plant sp., Combretum platypetalum"
ǀǀAuǀǀen : !xo
!Kung (Lloyd) : !xo
!O!Kung (Bleek) : !xō
Tsumkwe : !xó
Tsintsabis : !xó
Okongo : !xó
Leeunes : !xó
Mpunguvlei : !xó
Cuito : !xó
Cuando : !xó
South Omatako : !xó
North Omatako : !xó
Kameeldoring : !xó
Lister : !xó
References : Bleek 427, 500; Dickens 320; Snyman 1997: 93.
RefLex number: 2426
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-Taa : *!xṍ
Meaning : !Xóõ
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
!Xoong : !xṍ 2 I, pl. !xóńa-tê 2 I
!Xoong derivates : !xóńa-tê ʘʔâni 2 II "the !Xóõ people"; !xóńa ǂã̂ "the !Xóõ language"
References : Traill 83.
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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-!Wi : *!u
Meaning : man
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Xam : !ku, !kung (B. early), !ku go̥ā́ī "man", !ku |a "girl", !ku |āīti "woman" (B.), !kŭ (Ll.)
//Ng : =!ku a "that man"
Seroa : !ku "person, somebody"
|Nusan : !gū
Notes : See also *!ui.
References : Bleek 388, 447.
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoisan : *!xŨ [~]
Meaning : man
Proto-Bushman : *!Xũã
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