Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *ɳ|u-

Meaning : hyaena

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *ɳ|u-

West Khoe : *ɳ|u-

East Khoe : *$u- (?)

Khoekhoe etymology :

Proto-Khoekhoe : *ɳ|u-

Meaning : hyaena

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : |nū-bi-s (poet.)

References : Haacke 72.

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *ɳ|u-

Meaning : hyaena

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : n|ú-tshùà "brown hyaena" (V.); n|ú-tsà (Ba.)

|Gwi : n|ûtsa (Ta.)

//Gana : n|ûtsa (Ta.)

References : Barnard 38; Tanaka 49.

East Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-East Khoe : *$u- (?)

Meaning : hyaena

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Sehura : $dutsa "brown hyaena"

References : Bleek 687.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *ɡ|nu-

Meaning : brown hyaena

Proto-Bushman : *ɡ|nu-

Proto-Khoe : *ɳ|u-

Sandawe : *|ʔundu (?)

Notes : The word possibly reflects a "primordial" click, featured in all the major branches of Khoisan.

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 339

Proto-Bushman : *ɡǀnu-

Meaning : brown hyaena

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *ɡǀui

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *ʔǀnṵ̀

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

North Khoisan etymology :

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *ʔ|nũ̀

Meaning : brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea)

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ʔ|nũ̀ 1 II, pl. ʔ|nùã-tê 4 II

References : Traill 71.

Sandawe etymology :

Proto-Sandawe : *|ʔundu

Meaning : brown hyaena

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Sandawe : |ʔùndú (E.)

References : Elderkin 1998: 26.

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