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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 163
Proto-Bushman : *ǂʔam
Meaning : south
Proto-Ju : *ǂʼam
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
ǂHoan : *ǂʔamkoe
Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan
Notes : Provided, of course, that the ǂHoan form really means "man of the south" - which is fairly possible. Curiously enough, the actual ethnonym of "ǂHoan" (ǂqhoan) finds a similar parallel in the South Khoisan word for "south" - cf. !Xóõ ǂqhuã id.!
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North Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Ju: *ɳǀʰũĩ
Tonal pattern: XX [j] ~ XX [k]
Meaning: to breathe
Juǀʼhoan : ɳǀʰũ̏ĩ̏
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ɳǀʼʰwĩ
!Kung (Lloyd) : ǀʰū ~ ǀʰũ "to breathe deeply" // ǀŭhĩ́ ~ ǀwhē̃́ "to breathe"
!Kung (Doke): ǀʼwĩ
!Kung (Vedder): ǀʰũ̄
Kavango : ǀʼʰũ̏
Tsumkwe : ɳǀʼʰũ̄i
Tsintsabis : ǀʼʰũ̀
Okongo : ǀʼʰũ̀
Leeunes : ǀʼʰũ̀
Mpunguvlei : ǀʼʰũ̀
Cuito : ǀʼʰũ̀
Cuando : ǀʼʰũ̀
South Omatako : ǀʼʰũ̀i
North Omatako : ɳǀʼʰũ̀i
Kameeldoring : ɳǀʼʰũ̀i
Lister : ɳǀʼʰũ̀i
References : Bleek 289, 358, 362; Dickens 240; Heikkinen 1986; Snyman 32; Snyman 1997: 58.
RefLex number: 980
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East #Hoan etymology :

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Proto-#Hoan : *ǂʔamkoe
Meaning : man, person
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
#Hoan : ǂʔamkoe (BC.); ǂʔamkoe (C.); ǂʔàm-kṑe (G.); ǂamkoe (T.)
References : Bell-Collins 2001: 138; Collins 2001: 457; Gruber 1975: 4; Traill 1973: 31.
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