Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *|om

Meaning : to rub in fat

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

West Khoe : *|om

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *|om

Meaning : to rub in fat

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Gwi : k|òm̄ (Na.)

References : Traill-Nakagawa 13.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *ʘom

Meaning : to rub in fat

Proto-Bushman : *ʘo̰m (?)

Proto-Khoe : *|om

Sandawe : *ɳ|ome

Notes : Possible borrowing from !Xóõ into CK (the so called "!Xóõ-|Gwi contact zone"). Cf., however, the interesting Sandawe parallel (which could also suggest a way for secondary labialization of the click in South Khoisan).

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 254

Proto-Bushman : *ʘo̰m (?)

Meaning : to rub in fat

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Taa : *ʘó̰m

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Notes : Assumed by Traill to be a CK borrowing, but genetic relationship is not excluded either.

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *ʘó̰m

Meaning : to rub in (fat)

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ʘó̰m-sà ʘo̰BV [H]

References : Traill 47.

Sandawe etymology :

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