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East Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-East Khoe : *kʔɛ̌
Meaning : to cry, sound, weep
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
|Xaise : kʔě
Deti : cʔě
Cara : cʔě
Tsixa : kʔɛ̌
Danisi : cʔě
Kua : kʔé
Tsua : kʔé
Hietshware : ǂkee; ǂkeo "a cry"
References : Dornan 101, 102; Vossen 487-88.
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Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoe : *kxɛ̌
Meaning : to cry, sound, weep
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Khoekhoe : *kxa
West Khoe : *kxɛ̌
East Khoe : *kʔɛ̌
References : Vossen 487-88.
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Khoekhoe etymology :

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Proto-Khoekhoe : *kxa
Meaning : to cry, sound, weep
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
Nama : ā
!Ora : kxʔá; kxʔa (Wu.)
Notes : Griqua kʔā-b (Paul Kars).
References : Haacke 1; Meinhof 87, 148; Rust 1; Wuras 48.
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West Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-West Khoe : *kxɛ̌
Meaning : to cry, sound, weep
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
//Ani : kxʔɛ̌
Kxoe (Hukwe) : kxʔɛ́ (Kö.)
Buga : kxʔɛ́
|Ganda : kxʔé
Naro : kxʔɛ́í (V.); kxʔáé, kxʔéé (Ba.)
|Gwi : kxʔɛ́; kxae (Ta.)
//Gana : kxʔê; kxae (Ta.)
#Haba : kxʔáú
References : Barnard 134; Tanaka 25; Vossen 487-88.
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoisan : *kxe
Meaning : to cry, sound
Proto-Bushman : *kxV
Proto-Khoe : *kxɛ̌
Sandawe : *ḳē
Hadza : *ke-[wa]
Notes : The Hadza word is not quite compatible with Sandawe, Khoe, and Bushman items (no signs of glottalized articulation and more distant semantics).
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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 703
Proto-Bushman : *kxV
Meaning : to cry, sound
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Proto-Ju : *čʔiŋ3 (?)
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
Proto-Taa : *kxā
Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa
Proto-!Wi : *kxoa
Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi
Notes : Unclear vocalism (syllabic nasal?).
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North Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Ju: √dʰami
Tonal pattern: LX [e]
Meaning: spider
Ekoka : dʰàmȉ
References : KH 21.
RefLex number: 2978
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-Taa : *kxā
Meaning : to cry, sound
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
!Xoong : kxʔāa
Masarwa : ||k"a
|Nu//en : k"a
!Xoong derivates : nom. kxʔã̄ 2 II
References : Bleek 117, 601; Traill 175.
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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-!Wi : *kxoa
Meaning : to cry, sound
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Xam : k"wā, k"o̥ā́ (B.); k"wā (Ll.)
//Ng : k"ā
#Khomani : kxʔwa, kxʔa, kxʔeija (Mg.)
//Xegwi (Batwa) : k"ā
|Auni : k"a; ǂkai (?)
References : Bleek 117, 118, 126, 654; Maingard 245.
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Sandawe etymology :

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Proto-Sandawe : *ḳē
Meaning : to cry
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Sandawe : k'e (D.); k'ee (K.); k'ɛ́ɛ́, k'ɛ́ɛ́ʔɔ̀ (TBW)
References : Dempwolff 47; Kagaya 46; TBW 303.
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Hadza etymology :

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Proto-Hadza : *ke-[wa]
Meaning : to shout
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Hadza : kê-wáác "to shout", kèè-wæækso "to shout together" (Tc.)
References : Tucker.
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