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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 282
Proto-Bushman : *ǀ(ʔ)Uã (?)
Meaning : to be fertile (of fowl)
Proto-Ju : *ǀʼõã
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
Proto-Taa : *ǀṹã
Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa
Notes : Irregular efflux correspondences.
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North Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Ju: *naʔm
Tonal pattern: LL [j]
Meaning: ostrich
Juǀʼhoan : nàʔm (n2) "black korhaan, Afrotis afra" // nàʔm-!ʼʰáú-!ʼʰáú (n2) "dikkop, Burhinus capensis"
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): nemʔm "id."
!Kung (Lloyd) : nʔamm̀ ~ nʔʌḿm ~ nĕʌḿm "ostrich"
Kavango : nàʔm̋ "ostrich"
Ekoka : naʔm̄
Tsintsabis : nàm̀ḿ
Okongo : nàḿm̀
Leeunes : nām̄m̀
Mpunguvlei : nām̄m̀
References : Bleek 142; Dickens 236; Heikkinen 1986; KH 46; Snyman 47; Snyman 1997: 81.
RefLex number: 903
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-Taa : *|ṹã
Meaning : to be fertilized (of an egg)
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
!Xoong : |úã-|úã (ń)
References : Traill 55.
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