Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *||ô

Meaning : bull; male

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *||o

West Khoe : *||ô

Khoekhoe etymology :

Proto-Khoekhoe : *||o

Meaning : bull; tough person

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : ||gō-b

Notes : Griqua gō-b (Dirk Kok), ||kō-b (Paul Kars).

References : Haacke 81; Meinhof 148, 150; Rust 121.

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *||ô

Meaning : bull; male

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : ||ô (V.); g||óò (Ba.)

References : Barnard 41.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *!̯Ko̰

Meaning : male

Proto-Bushman : *ɡ!̯o̰

Proto-Khoe : *||ô

Notes : The connection here is likely genetic, since the North Khoisan root (perfectly reconstructible on the proto-level) contains a retroflex rather than a simple lateral click (same correspondence as in the words for "moon", "river", etc.).

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 134

Proto-Bushman : *ɡ!̯o̰

Meaning : male

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *ɡ!̯oˤ

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-!Wi : *ǂ₂o (*ǂ₁-)

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

North Khoisan etymology :

South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

Proto-!Wi : *ǂ₂o (*ǂ₁-)

Meaning : man, male

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : !kõ "man" (?)

//Ng : !ko "man, husband"; !ō "man"

N|huki : ǂoo

#Khomani : ǂkō, ǂkōce (Mg.)

//Kxau : ǂọ̄

//Ku//e : tʔo

//Xegwi (Batwa) : ||ko; kwi-ƛʔoo (LH)

References : Bleek 206, 436, 489, 582, 662; Maingard 239; Meinhof 1929: 186; NFn.

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