Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *dóm̀

Meaning : throat

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *dom

West Khoe : *dóm̀

East Khoe : *dóm̀

Notes : Probably a derivative meaning of the word is "hole" > "riverbed, river"; cf. Naro dôm (Ba.) "hole; riverbed", Nama dommi "river", Hukwe (Wil.) dŭm "throat, river, riverbed". Baucom: ||Gabake, Shua, Buka, ǂ'Oxoku dom.

References : Baucom 27; Vossen 455.

Khoekhoe etymology :

Proto-Khoekhoe : *dom

Meaning : throat

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : dom-mi; domi (R.)

!Ora : domma; dom

References : Haacke 9; Meinhof 82; Rust 56; Wuras 52.

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *dóm̀

Meaning : throat

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : dóm̀

Kxoe (Hukwe) : dòḿ (Kö.)

Buga : dóm̀

|Ganda : dóm̀

Naro : dóm̀ (V.); dôm, dùm, tòm (Ba.)

|Gwi : gyom-ǂna (Ta.)

//Gana : gyom-ǂna (Ta.)

#Haba : dyóm̀

References : Barnard 34, 35, 64; Tanaka 98; Vossen 455.

East Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-East Khoe : *dóm̀

Meaning : throat

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Xaise : dòm̀

Deti : dóm̀

Cara : dóḿ

Tsixa : dóm̀

Danisi : dòḿ

Cua : dòḿ

Kua : dóm̀

Tsua : dòḿ

Hietshware : dom; dhom "neck"

Mohissa : dum "neck"

References : Bleek 29; Dornan 92; Vossen 455.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *DLU-

Meaning : throat

Proto-Bushman : *dnṵ- (?)

Proto-Khoe : *dóm̀

Hadza : *luŋgida (?)

Notes : This word is subject to similar consonantal irregularities with the word for 'tongue'. Some forms in Peripheral Khoisan may be later reborrowings from Khoe, but certainly not all of them.

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 338

Proto-Bushman : *dnṵ- (?)

Meaning : throat

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *dom

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *ʔǀnṵ́m

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Proto-!Wi : *d́o̰m

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

ǂHoan : *ʔǀno̰o

Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan

North Khoisan etymology :

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *ʔ|nṵ́m

Meaning : throat, tube, ditch, trench

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ʔ|nṵ́m 2 II (pos.), 3 I (al.), pl. ʔ|nṵ́ma-tê 2 II (pos.), 3 I (al.)

Masarwa : ūm

|Nu//en : |um

!Xoong derivates : ɳǂùhã ʔ|nṵ́m "auditory canal"; ʔ|nṵ́m |kxʔàa "oesophagus"; ʔ|nṵ́m ʘàa "oesophagus"; ɡǂàʔã ʔ|nṵ́m "vagina"; ɳ!áo ʔ|nṵ́m "(underground) watercourse"; ɳ|ūhńa ʔ|nṵ́m "nasal cavity, nostril"; ǂqhùe ʔ|nṵ́m "lit. windʔs throat, i.e. windʔs speed"

References : Bleek 248, 356, 359; Traill 71.

South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

Proto-!Wi : *d́o̰m

Meaning : throat

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : ddọ́mm (B.); ddọ́mm (Ll.)

N|huki : ʒ́um

#Khomani : dom (Mg.)

|Haasi : |oem

References : Bleek 27, 29, 248; NFn.

East #Hoan etymology :

Proto-#Hoan : *ʔ|no̰o

Meaning : throat

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

#Hoan : ɳ|o''o (C.); |nHoo (CF)

References : Collins 2001: 458; Cornell Files.

Hadza etymology :

Proto-Hadza : *luŋida

Meaning : throat

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Hadza : luŋgida (E.); lúŋgídàà-kò (Tc.)

References : Elderkin; Tucker.

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