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Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoe : *||ã́ũ̀
Meaning : to fence
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Khoekhoe : *||ãũ
West Khoe : *||ã́ũ̀
East Khoe : *||ã́ũ̀
References : Vossen 430.
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Khoekhoe etymology :

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Proto-Khoekhoe : *||ãũ
Meaning : to fence
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
Nama : ||gâu "to construct (kraal) with thorn bushes"; ||gâu "einhegen" (R.)
!Ora : ||ã́ṹ-b "Wohnplatz"
References : Haacke 80; Meinhof 115; Rust 84.
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West Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-West Khoe : *||ã́ũ̀
Meaning : to fence
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
//Ani : ||ã́ũ̀
Kxoe (Hukwe) : ||ã́ũ̀ (Kö.)
Buga : ||ã́ũ̀
|Ganda : ||ã́ũ̀
Naro : ||ã́ũ̀ (V.)
References : Vossen 430.
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East Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-East Khoe : *||ã́ũ̀
Meaning : to fence
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
Cara : ||ã́ũ̀
Danisi : ||xã́ũ̀ "mit Dornverhau einzäunen" (?)
References : Vossen 430.
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoisan : *||ɣãũ
Meaning : hookthorn; hookthorn fence
Proto-Bushman : *||ɣãũ
Proto-Khoe : *||áũ̀
Notes : The meaning of the word in !Xóõ is not just "fence", but also "hookthorn bush" (material from which the fence is constructed). This makes the idea of the forms being borrowed from Khoe less easy than could be thought at first.
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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 486
Proto-Bushman : *ǀǀɣãũ
Meaning : hookthorn; hookthorn fence
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Proto-Taa : *ɡǀǀxã̀ũ
Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa
ǂHoan : *ǀǀxãũ
Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-Taa : *ɡ||xã̀ũ
Meaning : bush or tree with hookthorns; to make a bush fence with hookthorns
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
!Xoong : ɡ||xàũ 1 II (n.), ɡ||xàũ kV (v.)
References : Traill 111-112.
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East #Hoan etymology :

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Proto-#Hoan : *||xãũ
Meaning : fence
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
#Hoan : ||xãũ (T.)
Notes : Cf. !Xóõ g||xã̀ũ̀.
References : Traill 1986: 427.
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