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East Central Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-East Khoe : *nʒ́ú
Meaning : black
|Xaise : nʒ́ú
Deti : yǔ
Cara : yú
Tsixa : ɳǂú
Danisi : ndú
Kua : ʒ́ú
Tsua : dú
Hietshware : due "to become dark"; ǯu "darkness", ǯunye "black"
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Central Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-Khoe : *ɳǂú
Meaning : black
Notes : Baucom: ǂ'Oxoku ɳǂuu.
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Khoekhoe etymology :
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Proto-Khoekhoe : *ɳǂu
Meaning : black
Nama : ǂnū
!Ora : ǂnu̇; ǂnu (Wu.)
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West Central Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-West Khoe : *ɳǂú
Meaning : black
//Ani : ɳǂnú
Kxoe (Hukwe) : ɳǂgú; ɳǂú (Kö.)
Buga : ɳǂǔ
|Ganda : ɳǂú
Naro : ɳǂnǔ (V.); nǂǔ (Ba.)
|Gwi : ɳǂnú; n!u (Ta.)
//Gana : ɳǂnú; n!uo (Ta.)
#Haba : ɳǂnú
Tsaukwe : ǂnu "night"
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-Khoisan : *TŨ
Meaning : dark
Notes : Sandawe and Khoe forms can be matched according to the (still rather weak) suggestion that dental consonants can serve as a source for secondary palatal clicks. Much less clear would be the situation with the Bushman roots.
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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :
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Number : 26
Proto-Bushman : *žoh
Meaning : dark, night
Proto-Ju : *žo
Proto-Taa : *tõ̀h
ǂHoan : *č(h)ao (?)
Notes : The ǂHoan form is dubious, but note that it is only attested in the unreliable Traill 1973.
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North Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-Ju: *žo
Tonal pattern: HH [j] ~ MM [k] ~ MM [e] ~ HH [Sn]
Meaning: black, dark
Juǀʼhoan : žó
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): žo
ǀǀAuǀǀen : ʒɔ́ː
!Kung (Lloyd) : ʒʰó ~ ǯŏ́ ~ ǯò ~ ʒʰɔ̀ ~ zʰò
!Kung (Vedder): ʒɔ̂ː "night"
!Kung (Weich): ǯoo
!O!Kung (Bleek) : ǯo ~ ǯuː
!O!Kung (Snyman): ǯó
Kavango : zó
Ekoka : ǯō
Tsumkwe : žó
Tsintsabis : ǯó
Okongo : ǯó
Leeunes : ǯó
Mpunguvlei : ǯó
Cuito : ǯó
Cuando : ǯó
South Omatako : žó
North Omatako : ǯó
Kameeldoring : ǯó
Lister : zó
RefLex number: 670
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :
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Proto-Taa : *tõ̀h
Meaning : to be dark
!Xoong : tòhõ (bí)
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East #Hoan etymology :
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Proto-#Hoan : *č(h)ao
Meaning : night
#Hoan : tshao (T.)
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Sandawe etymology :
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Proto-Sandawe : *thun
Meaning : darkness
Sandawe : thun (K.); thũ (Kim.)
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