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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :
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Number : 429
Proto-Bushman : *!̯xao
Meaning : hippopotamus
Proto-Ju : *!̯xao
Proto-!Wi : *ǀǀkx(o)a (?)
Notes : The !Wi parallel is unreliable, but the NK root has trustworthy correspondences in PCK.
bshet-proto,bshet-meaning,bshet-prnum,bshet-nkh,bshet-nkhnum,bshet-xam,bshet-xamnum,bshet-notes,
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North Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-Ju: *ǀǀaˤma (*-b-)
Tonal pattern: LL [j]
Meaning: to wear, get dressed
Juǀʼhoan : ǀǀàˤmà "get dressed, put on (clothes)"
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ǀǀaˤma
ǀǀAuǀǀen : ǀǀaˤmma ~ ǀǀamma "to wear, sling on, put on"
!Kung (Lloyd) : ǀǀáˤba ~ ǀǀábbaː "to sling on"
!Kung (Doke): ǀǀaːvà "to dress"
!O!Kung (Bleek) : ǀǀaba "to wear"
Kavango : ɡǀǀȁbȁ "wear a necklace" (?)
Notes : The Kavango (Kwangali) form may be contaminated with *ɡǀǀaba "to wear (footwear)", to which it corresponds better phonetically but worse semantically.
RefLex number: 2582
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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :
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Proto-!Wi : *||kx(o)a
Meaning : hippopotamus
//Ng : ||k"wā
xamet-meaning,xamet-prnum,xamet-lng,xamet-refer,
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-Khoisan : *!̯xao
Meaning : hippopotamus
Notes : See Honken 1998: 187. The click seems to have been retroflex in North Khoisan, which makes the borrowing scenario from Khoe not likely. khoiet-meaning,khoiet-bsh,khoiet-ckh,khoiet-notes,
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Central Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-Khoe : *!xáò
Meaning : hippopotamus
ckhet-meaning,ckhet-prnum,ckhet-kkh,ckhet-wkh,ckhet-ekh,ckhet-refer,
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Khoekhoe etymology :
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Proto-Khoekhoe : *!xao
Meaning : hippopotamus
Nama : !khao-s
!Ora : !xàù-s; !chaush (Wu.)
kkhet-meaning,kkhet-prnum,kkhet-nama,kkhet-kora,kkhet-refer,
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West Central Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-West Khoe : *!xáò
Meaning : hippopotamus
//Ani : xáò
Kxoe (Hukwe) : xáò (Kö.)
Buga : xáò
|Ganda : xáò
Naro : !xáò (V.); !káù (Ba.)
#Haba : xáò
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East Central Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-East Khoe : *!xáò
Meaning : hippopotamus
|Xaise : xáò
Deti : xáò
Cara : xáò
Tsixa : !xáó
Danisi : !xáò
Tsua : xáò
ekhet-meaning,ekhet-prnum,ekhet-hais,ekhet-deti,ekhet-cara,ekhet-tsix,ekhet-dani,ekhet-tsua,ekhet-refer,
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