Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *ɳǂúní

Meaning : mouse

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

West Khoe : *ɳǂúní

East Khoe : *ńúní

References : Vossen 476.

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *ɳǂúní

Meaning : mouse

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ɳǂnúní

Naro : ɳǂnò̰nḭ́ (V.)

|Gwi : ɳǂúní; n|one (Ta.)

//Gana : ɳǂúní; n|one (Ta.)

#Haba : ɳǂnó̰nḭ́

References : Tanaka 63; Vossen 476.

East Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-East Khoe : *ńúní

Meaning : mouse

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Danisi : ńúní

References : Vossen 476.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *ɳǂ₁ⁿhU

Meaning : mouse

Proto-Bushman : *ɳǂ₁ho̰i

Proto-Khoe : *ɳǂúní

Notes : If Khoe and Bushman forms belong together, it's almost certainly not through borrowing.

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 594

Proto-Bushman : *ɳǂ₁ho̰i

Meaning : mouse

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *ɳǀhui

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *ɳǂṵ̂

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

ǂHoan : *ɳǀo̰e

Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan

North Khoisan etymology :

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *ɳǂṵ̂

Meaning : mouse; muscle

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ɳǂṵ̂je 3 I, pl. ɳǂṵ̂m 2 I

!Xoong derivates : dim. ɳǂṵ́ju-bâ, pl. ɳǂṵ́ju ʘʔâni; !kxʔolo |ē ɳǂṵ̂je "the lump of a tensed muscle"

References : Traill 147.

East #Hoan etymology :

Proto-#Hoan : *ɳ|o̰e

Meaning : mouse

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

#Hoan : ɳ|nHoe (CF)

References : Cornell Files.

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