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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 655
Proto-Bushman : *ǯhʔu-
Meaning : to blow
Proto-Ju : *ǯhʔũ
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
Proto-Taa : *ʒhúm
Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa
Proto-!Wi : *su
Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi
ǂHoan : *chu (?)
Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan
Notes : The ǂHoan form most certainly belongs here - the initial consonant is probably not recorded correctly (only attested in the unreliable Traill 1973).
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North Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Ju: √ǀaoʰ
Tonal pattern: XL [j]
Meaning: dregs
Juǀʼhoan : ǀȁòʰ (n5 -si) // ǀȁȍʰ-ȁàʰ ~ ǀȁȍʰ-kȁàʰ (n3 -si) "algae, slime, Utricularia inflexa stellaris"
References : Dickens 289.
RefLex number: 1795
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-Taa : *ʒhúm
Meaning : to blow (with the mouth)
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
!Xoong : dtshúm -sà dtshuBV H
Masarwa : dʒum
References : Bleek 34; Traill 166.
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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-!Wi : *su
Stems : *su-ŋ
Meaning : to blow (with the mouth)
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Xam : ŋ, ssùŋ (Ll.)
|Haasi : tsʔu "to blow into"
References : Bleek 173, 220.
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East #Hoan etymology :

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Proto-#Hoan : *chu
Meaning : to blow
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
#Hoan : tshū̂, dtshū (T.)
References : Traill 1973: 29.
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