Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *|hã

Meaning : wild cucumber

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *|hã

Notes : Cf. also Naro |àã "Coccinea rehmannii", although the form may be actually borrowed from NK.

Khoekhoe etymology :

Proto-Khoekhoe : *|hã

Meaning : wild cucumber

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : |hâ-b

References : Haacke 65.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *|ʷã̰

Meaning : wild cucumber

Proto-Bushman : *|ʷã̰ (?)

Proto-Khoe : *|hã

Notes : The Ju|ʔhoan form may be an old borrowing from Khoe, but the !Xóõ form, with its labial click, is hardly conceivable as a borrowing.

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 267

Proto-Bushman : *ǀʷã̰ (?)

Meaning : cucumber

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *ǀã

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *ɳʘâ̰

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Notes : Very dubious (if the etymology of "head" is correct, PSK should yield dental reflexes of the "labialized dental click").

North Khoisan etymology :

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *ɳʘâ̰

Stems : *ɳʘâ̰-e

Meaning : edible cucumber

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ɳʘâ̰e 3 e I, pl. ɳʘṵ̂m 2 u I "edible cucumber (Coccinia Aff. Rehmannii-Cucurbitaceae)"

Masarwa : ʘnoaʔe "edible fruit of the Coccinea Rehmannii"; ʘnoahai "plant with turnip-like roots" (Schu.)

|Nu//en : ʘmwai "onion, cucumber"

!Xoong derivates : dim. ɳʘṵ́u-bà, ɳʘṵ́u ʘàa, pl. ɳʘṵ́u-nî (ʘʔâni)

References : Bleek 683; Traill 51.

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