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East Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-East Khoe : *ŋárò
Meaning : chameleon
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
|Xaise : ŋgádò
Cara : ŋgádò
Tsixa : ŋgádù
Danisi : ŋgádò
Kua : ŋgádò
Tsua : gádó
Hietshware : ngaro "water iguana"
References : Dornan 107; Vossen 427.
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Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoe : *ɳ!árò
Meaning : chameleon
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
West Khoe : *ɳ!árò
East Khoe : *ŋárò
References : Vossen 427.
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West Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-West Khoe : *ɳ!árò
Meaning : chameleon
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
Kxoe (Hukwe) : ŋgádò (Kö.)
Naro : ɳ!a̰rò; ɳ!nádò (V.)
|Gwi : ɳ!nádù; ng!aru (Ta.)
//Gana : ŋádù; ng!aru (Ta.)
#Haba : ŋádò
References : Tanaka 20; Visser 1998: 130; Vossen 427.
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoisan : *ɳ!a-
Meaning : chameleon
Proto-Bushman : *ɳ!a̰ʔaro
Proto-Khoe : *ɳ!árò
Hadza : *ɳ!anda
Notes : The Bushman forms are hardly borrowed from Khoe; Nort Khoisan, in particular, has a glottalic / pharyngealized vowel that cannot be explained through this scenario.
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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 422
Proto-Bushman : *ɳ!a̰ʔaro
Meaning : chameleon
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Proto-Ju : *ɳ!aˤʔaro
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
ǂHoan : *ɳ!alo
Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan
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North Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Ju: *ɡ!oʰm
Tonal pattern: XX [j]
Meaning: bottom, buttock
Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology
Juǀʼhoan : ɡ!ȍʰm (n5 -si) // ɡ!ȍʰm-!ó (n5 -si) "pod (e.g. of Bauhinia petersiana) which has already split and lost its seeds"; ɡ!ȍʰm-!ʼã́ (n5 -si) "(skin) blanket worn around a woman's bottom"; ɡ!ȍʰm-!ʼúá (n5 -si) "sp. of ant which holds its abdomen erect (praise)"
References : Dickens 212.
RefLex number: 492
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East #Hoan etymology :

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Proto-#Hoan : *ɳ!alo
Meaning : chameleon
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
#Hoan : ɳ!nàlo (G.)
References : Gruber 1975: 7.
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Hadza etymology :

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Proto-Hadza : *ɳ!anda
Meaning : lizard
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Hadza : ŋ!anda (S.); !!ʔàndâ, !ʔàndâ (TBW)
References : Tucker; TBW 319.
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