Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *||ʔó[-a/-bè]

Meaning : to kiss

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *||ʔoa

West Khoe : *||ʔóbè

East Khoe : *||ʔóbè

References : Vossen 461.

Khoekhoe etymology :

Proto-Khoekhoe : *||ʔoa

Meaning : to kiss

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : ||oa

!Ora : ||u̇ã̇

References : Haacke 76; Meinhof 118; Rust 320.

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *||ʔóbè

Meaning : to kiss

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ||ʔóbɛ̀

Buga : ||ʔoébè

Naro : ||ʔóbè (V.); ||óbè, ||ʔóbè (Ba.)

|Gwi : ||ʔóbè

//Gana : (?) ||ʔúbì

#Haba : ||ʔóbé

References : Barnard 143; Vossen 461.

East Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-East Khoe : *||ʔóbè

Meaning : to kiss

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Tsixa : ||ʔóbɛ̀

Danisi : ||ʔóbè

References : Vossen 461.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *||ʔU-

Meaning : to kiss

Proto-Bushman : *||ʔube

Proto-Khoe : *||ʔó[-a/-bè]

Notes : The connection is dubious (the word is always attested with -be in Peripheral Khoisan, suggesting a borrowing from a Khoe source).

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 540

Proto-Bushman : *ǀǀʔube

Meaning : to kiss

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Taa : *ǀǀʔûbe

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

ǂHoan : *ǀǀʔobe

Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *||ʔûbe

Meaning : to suck out; to kiss

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ||ʔûbe kV

References : Traill 129.

East #Hoan etymology :

Proto-#Hoan : *||ʔobe

Meaning : to kiss

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

#Hoan : ||ʔobe (CF)

References : Cornell Files.

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