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Central Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-Khoe : *ɳ!a
Meaning : to exceed, surpass
ckhet-meaning,ckhet-prnum,ckhet-kkh,
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Khoekhoe etymology :
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Proto-Khoekhoe : *ɳ!a
Meaning : to exceed, surpass
Nama : !nā
kkhet-meaning,kkhet-prnum,kkhet-nama,kkhet-refer,
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-Khoisan : *ɳ!̯a-
Meaning : big
Notes : Within Khoe, the root is only found in Nama; however, it is compatible with the Peripheral Khoisan entry.
khoiet-meaning,khoiet-bsh,khoiet-ckh,khoiet-notes,
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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :
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Number : 16
Proto-Bushman : *ɳ!̯ahʔ-
Meaning : big; to grow
Proto-Ju : *ɳ!̯aʔa
Proto-Taa : *ʔ!nāhʔni
Proto-!Wi : *ɳ!ai
Notes : Used with various extensions in SK (*ɳ!̯ahʔ-ni, *ɳ!̯ahʔ-i).
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North Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-Ju: *ɳ!̯aʔa
Tonal pattern: LX [j] ~ LL [k] ~ ML [e]
Meaning: big
Juǀʼhoan : ɳ!ã̏ʔã̀ "to be big, be fat, be old (of people), be adult, be grown-up (sg. subj.)" // ɳ!ȁ-ɳ!ã̏ʔã̀ "fast, loudly, in a big way, much"
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ɳ!aʔa
ǀǀAuǀǀen : ɳ!a ~ ɳ!aː ~ ɳ!aː-si
!Kung (Lloyd) : ɳǀǀʔá // ɳǀǀé ắ ~ ɳǀǀĕ-ã́ ~ ɳǀǀĕ ǀǀá "to be large, increase"
!Kung (Doke): -ɳ!̯ʔa
!Kung (Weich): ɳǀǀãʔã
!O!Kung (Bleek) : ɳǀǀa ~ ɳǀǀaː
Kavango : ɳǀǀàʔà
Ekoka : ɳǀǀà ~ ɳǀǀāʔà
Tsumkwe : ɳ!ã̄ʔà
Tsintsabis : ɳ!ã̄ʔà
Okongo : ɳǀǀã̄ʔà
Leeunes : ɳ!̯ã̀ʔa
Mpunguvlei : ɳǀǀã̀ʔá
Cuito : ɳǀǀã̀ʔá
Cuando : ɳǀǀã̀ʔá
South Omatako : ɳ!àʔá
North Omatako : ɳ!àʔá
Kameeldoring : ɳ!àʔá
Lister : ɳ!ã̀ʔá
Notes : The nasalisation in several dialects is unclear; since it does not function within NK as a morphological marker, it probably gets transferred onto the vowel under the influence of the nasal efflux.
RefLex number: 1147
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :
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Proto-Taa : *ʔ!nāhʔni
Meaning : to grow physically, mature
!Xoong : ʔ!nāhʔni
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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :
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Proto-!Wi : *ɳ!ai (*ǂ-)
Meaning : big, many
//Ng : !nai, !na̰i, !nã̰ĩ "big, many"; !nē, !nẽ̄ "to be many, big"
N|huki : ǂnãĩ "big" (?); ǂãĩ si "many"
#Khomani : !naitjukwe "old man" (Mg.)
//Kxau : !nai "big", !nai+n̥+ "many"
Notes : The N|huki forms with ǂ- look positively related to the respective ||Ng forms in Bleek 1956, and the ! - ǂ correspondence between Bleek's ||Ng and N|huki is quite usual. However, Maingard's ǂKhomani and Meinhof's ||Kxau also have !-, despite usually representing the palatal click ǂ- adequately (cf. "dog", etc.). External data also points against ǂ-. Since the N|huki forms are only attested in the speech of one informant, they could be incorrect or reflect some particularities of that idiolect.
xamet-meaning,xamet-prnum,xamet-lng,xamet-tnu,xamet-khom,xamet-kxau,xamet-notes,xamet-refer,
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