Number : 162
Proto-Bushman : *ǂʔe (?)
Meaning : person; people
Proto-!Wi : *ǂʔe
Notes : So far, a !Wi isolate with the meaning 'person' or 'people'; often met within the compound *ɳǀǀa-ŋ-ǂʔe 'home-people' - self-designation of the ǀǀNg-!'e and ǀǀKuǀǀe-speaking people. Possible, but unprovable parallels would include !Xóõ ǀǀxã̀ 'people' or maybe the second part of ǂHoan čõ-!aʔe 'people' (the latter compound, by the way, also most probably means 'home-people' historically).
Proto-!Wi : *ǂʔe
Meaning : people
|Xam : !ke_́, !kē_, !(k)e_, !kei, !ē_, !ē, !e_ (B.), !kĕ́, !kʔĕ́ (Ll.)
//Ng : ǂʔē, !ʔe, !ʔegǝn, !kʔe, !ge "Bushmen"
N|huki : ||ŋ-ǂee "group of people"
//Ku//e : ||kũ-||e "Bushmen"
Seroa : ǂei
//Xegwi (Batwa) : ƛʔe, ƛʔeu "person" (LH); |on-tli "people"
|Auni : ǂʔe "person, people"; ǂi "person", pl. ǂi-te
|Haasi : ǂɛ "person", ǂɛɛ "people"
Notes : Somewhat irregular forms: ||Ng ǂʔē and ||Ku||e -||e; in both languages only *!- would be expected. ||Ng ǂʔē is probably a rare dialectal form; in ||Ku||e we might suggest a later assimilation (*||ũ-ǂʔe > ||ũ-||ʔe). |Auni ǂʔe and ǂi are probably variants. For the n||n- and ||kũ- components in N|huki and ||Ku||e, see *||na- "house".
References : Bleek 356, 373, 380, 419-420, 593, 643, 652; NFn; Story 22; Traill-Vossen 41. xamet-meaning,xamet-prnum,xamet-txam,xamet-lng,xamet-tnu,xamet-lkue,xamet-sero,xamet-batw,xamet-auni,xamet-haas,xamet-notes,xamet-refer,
