Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *||hàí

Meaning : to pull; to smoke

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

West Khoe : *||hàí

East Khoe : *||hàí

References : Vossen 477.

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *||hàí

Meaning : to pull; to smoke

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ||hàí

Buga : ||hàí

|Gwi : ǂkai (Ta.)

//Gana : ǂkai (Ta.)

#Haba : ||háí "to pull"

References : Tanaka 89; Vossen 477.

East Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-East Khoe : *||hàí

Meaning : to pull; to smoke

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Kua : ||hàí

Tsua : ||hàí

References : Vossen 477.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *||hai

Meaning : to pull

Proto-Bushman : *||khai

Proto-Khoe : *||hàí

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 435

Proto-Bushman : *ǀǀkhai

Meaning : to pull

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *ǀǀkhai

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *ǀǀà̰^h (?)

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

ǂHoan : *ǀǀhai

Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan

North Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Ju: *ɡǀǀoʔobo

Tonal pattern: LH [j]

Meaning: to make a lot of noise

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ɡǀǀòʔó=ɡǀǀòʔóbó // ɡǀǀòʔó=ɡǀǀòʔóbó (n2) "goat"

References : Dickens 217.

RefLex number: 605

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *||à̰^h

Meaning : to pull, stretch, drive, tie up, tether

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ||à̰ha -sà ||a̰hV L

!Xoong derivates : ||ā̰ha ɡ!xʔùm 2 II (sg. and pl.) "Achillesʔ or hamstring tendon(s)"

References : Traill 103.

East #Hoan etymology :

Proto-#Hoan : *||hai

Meaning : to pull

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

#Hoan : ||hai (C.)

References : Collins 2001a: 91.

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