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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 529
Proto-Bushman : *ǀǀʔŋh
Meaning : to bind, tie
Proto-Ju : *ǀǀʼŋ
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
Proto-Taa : *ʔɳǀǀã̄h
Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa
Notes : The reconstruction is approximate due to obvious complex interaction between the vowel and the click efflux.
bshet-proto,bshet-meaning,bshet-nkh,bshet-nkhnum,bshet-xoo,bshet-xoonum,bshet-notes,

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North Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Ju: √čxai
Tonal pattern: HH [j]
Meaning: food plant, Fockea angustifolia
Juǀʼhoan : čxáí (n5)
References : Dickens 270.
RefLex number: 1506
nkhet-tonal,nkhet-meaning,nkhet-juh,nkhet-refer,nkhet-reflex,

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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-Taa : *ʔ||nã̄h
Meaning : to bind, tie, knot, be hooked
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
!Xoong : ʔ||nāhã -sà ʔ||nahV M (sg.), ʔ||nāhni-tí -sà ʔ||nahLV (pl.)
References : Traill 126, 127.
xooet-meaning,xooet-prnum,xooet-xoo,xooet-refer,

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