Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *!úrù

Meaning : knee

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

West Khoe : *!úrù

East Khoe : *kúrù

References : Baucom 23; Vossen 457.

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *!úrù

Meaning : knee

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Buga : kúdù

|Ganda : kúdù

Naro : !údù (V.); !órù, !kórù, !kúrù (Ba.)

|Gwi : !kori (Ta.)

//Gana : !kori (Ta.)

#Haba : !údù

Tsaukwe : !guru

References : Barnard 66; Bleek 389; Tanaka 54; Vossen 457.

East Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-East Khoe : *kúrù

Meaning : knee

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Xaise : (kú)kúdù

Cara : (kú)kúdù

Hietshware : kukuru

References : Dornan 105; Vossen 457.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *[KU]KURV

Meaning : joint

Proto-Khoe : *!úrù

Sandawe : *kho(ŋ)kora

Hadza : *guruŋuri (?)

Notes : The Hadza word is most close in form to Cushitic and probably represents a borrowing from Iraqw, but Sandawe and Khoe forms can quite naturally belong together; secondary click formation in Khoe.

Sandawe etymology :

Proto-Sandawe : *kho(ŋ)kora

Meaning : elbow

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Sandawe : kogura (D.); khong'kora (K.); kokora (Kim.)

References : Dempwolff 47; Kagaya 4; Kimmenade 44.

Hadza etymology :

Proto-Hadza : *guruŋuri

Meaning : knee

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Hadza : guruŋguri, |gurun|gurija (B.); guruŋguri- (S.)

Notes : Rather a recent borrowing from South Cushitic (cf. Iraqw guruŋgura id.) than of proper Khoisan origin. However, contamination with an original root of a similar phonetic structure is also possible (the form is essentially "pan-African").

References : Bleek 52, 284; Sands 188.

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