Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *!ʔui

Meaning : to guard

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *!ʔũĩ (*!kx-)

West Khoe : *!ʔũĩ

East Khoe : *ui

Khoekhoe etymology :

Proto-Khoekhoe : *!ʔũĩ (*!kx-)

Meaning : to guard, watch over

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : !ûi

References : Haacke 95; Rust 372.

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *!ʔũĩ

Meaning : to guard, take care of

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : !ʔõẽ́

References : Visser 74.

East Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-East Khoe : *ui

Meaning : bodyguard

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Hietshware : wii

References : Dornan 112.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *!ʔũĩ

Meaning : to take care of

Proto-Bushman : *!ʔũĩ

Proto-Khoe : *!ʔui

Notes : Unclear whether the parallel truly represents Proto-Khoisan or the Bushman items are borrowings from Khoe.

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 418

Proto-Bushman : *!ʔũĩ

Meaning : to take care of

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *!ʼũĩ

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *!ʔṹĩ

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

North Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Ju: *!ʼʰau

Tonal pattern: HH [j]

Meaning: hyaena

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : !ʼʰáú (n2) "brown hyaena"

Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): !ʼʰeu

ǀǀAuǀǀen : !áú "spotted hyaena"

!O!Kung (Bleek) : !ʼãũ "spotted hyaena"

Various addenda: Shortridge (ǀǀAuǀǀen): !ʼʰau.

References : Bleek 396, 412; Dickens 323; Snyman 56.

RefLex number: 2492

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *!ʔṹĩ

Meaning : to take care of, look after, handle gently

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : !ʔúĩ kV

References : Traill 100.

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