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Number : 911

Proto-Bushman : *zʷa̰i (???)

Meaning : a k. of fly

Proto-Ju : *ʒãˤʔĩ (?)

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *ɡʘqā̰i

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Proto-!Wi : *ʘai (*-ãĩ)

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

Notes : Highly dubious, but not entirely excluded.

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Proto-Ju: *ʒãˤʔĩ

Tonal pattern: XL [j] ~ HH [k]

Meaning: gadfly

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : zȁˤʔĩ̀ ~ zàíˤ (n2 -sĩ)

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): zãẽˤ

!Kung (Weich): ǯẽ "wasp" (?)

Kavango : ndzã̋iˤ (W) "insect species"

Tsumkwe : zã̄ˤʔì

Tsintsabis : ʒáˤŋ

Okongo : ʒã̀ˤʔí

Leeunes : ʒáˤŋ

Mpunguvlei : ʒã̀ˤʔí

South Omatako : zàˤŋ

North Omatako : zàˤŋ

Kameeldoring : zàˤŋ

References : Dickens 285; Heikkinen 1986; Snyman 31; Snyman 1997: 76; Weich 9.

RefLex number: 1739

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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-Taa : *ɡʘqā̰i

Meaning : species of biting fly (Tabanides sp.)

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ɡʘqā̰i 2 I, pl. ɡʘqā̰n-tê 2 I

!Xoong derivates : dim. kâ-ʘGā̰i bà, pl. kâ-ʘGã̰̄-nî ʘʔâni

References : Traill 49.

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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-!Wi : *ʘai (*-ãĩ̃)

Meaning : a k. of insect

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ʘu̥ā̃ī̥ "'blennerfly', a k. of wild bee that places its cells underground" (B.)

Notes : Cf. also |Xam !kum ʘmu̥ĭ́ "tsetse fly" (Ll.).

References : Bleek 683, 685.

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