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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 712
Proto-Bushman : *q_ɔ̰[a]
Meaning : long ago
Proto-Ju : *goˤa
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
Proto-Taa : *qâ̰
Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa
Proto-!Wi : *ko
Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi
Notes : The !Wi meaning ('other') may actually be primary; the comparison is based on such usage of the item in !Wi as ǀǀNg ǀǀwe-ko 'yesterday', ǀǀkoĩ-ko 'the day after tomorrow'.
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North Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Ju: √kõãʰ
Tonal pattern: XL [j]
Meaning: knife
Juǀʼhoan : kõ̏ã̀ʰ (n3 -si) // kõ̏ã̀ʰ-čʼù (n5 -si) "knife-sheath"; kõ̏ã̀ʰ-cʼàù (n5 -si) "knife-blade"
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): koʔã
References : Dickens 228; Snyman 33.
RefLex number: 783
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-Taa : *qâ̰
Meaning : long ago
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
!Xoong : qâ̰a
References : Traill 177.
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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-!Wi : *ko
Meaning : other, another
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Xam : kō, kkō, ko_ (B.), kō, kko_ (Ll.); pl. ku̥ĭ́tǝn (B.), ku̥ítǝn, kkúitǝn (Ll.)
//Ng : ko
References : Bleek 95, 105.
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