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Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoe : *ɳ|abu
Meaning : to sweep
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Khoekhoe : *ɳ|abu
West Khoe : *ɳ|ou (??)
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Khoekhoe etymology :

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Proto-Khoekhoe : *ɳ|abu
Meaning : to sweep
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
Nama : |nawu, |napu
!Ora : |nȧu̇; |nau (Wu.)
References : Haacke 71; Meinhof 98; Rust 272; Wuras 50.
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West Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-West Khoe : *ɳ|ou
Meaning : to sweep
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
Naro : n|ou (Ba.)
References : Barnard 156.
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoisan : *ɳ|a̰bu
Meaning : to sweep
Proto-Bushman : *ɳ|a̰bu
Proto-Khoe : *ɳ|abu
Notes : Neither the contact solution nor the relationship one should be excluded here. Contact, however, would not explain the pharyngealized vowel in South Khoisan and =Hoan.
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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 322
Proto-Bushman : *ɳǀa̰bu
Meaning : to sweep, brush, wipe
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Proto-Ju : *ɳǀabu
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
Proto-Taa : *ɳǀá̰bu
Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa
ǂHoan : *ɳǀa̰bu
Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan
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North Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Ju: *ha
Tonal pattern: XX [j]
Meaning: which? what?
Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology
Juǀʼhoan : hȁ-žòè, pl. hȁ-žũ̀ĩ̀ "who?" // hȁ-čé ~ hȁ-čĩ̏ĩ̀ "what?"
!Kung (Lloyd) : a
!Kung (Vedder): a
Tsumkwe : hà-žòe "who?"
Tsintsabis : hà-ǯùwá "who?"
Okongo : hà-ǯùwa "who?"
Leeunes : hà-ǯùwá "who?"
Mpunguvlei : hà-ǯùwá "who?"
South Omatako : a-ǯoe(re) "who?"
North Omatako : hà-zóe "who?"
Kameeldoring : hà-žóe "who?"
Lister : hà-zóe "who?"
References : Bleek 4; Dickens 218; Snyman 1997: 53.
RefLex number: 622
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-Taa : *ɳ|á̰bu
Meaning : to pass by, brush past, against soft objects
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
!Xoong : ɳ|á̰bu kV
References : Traill 67.
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East #Hoan etymology :

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Proto-#Hoan : *ɳ|a̰bu
Meaning : to erase
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
#Hoan : ɳ|nHabu (CF)
References : Cornell Files.
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