East Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-East Khoe : *ŋáò

Meaning : acacia

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Xaise : ŋgáò

Cara : ŋgáò

Danisi : ŋgáò

Kua : ŋgáò

Tsua : gáò

References : Vossen 415.

Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *ɳ!áò

Meaning : acacia

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

West Khoe : *ɳ!áò

East Khoe : *ŋáò

References : Vossen 415.

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *ɳ!áò

Meaning : acacia

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ŋáò

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ŋgáò (Kö.)

Buga : ŋgáò

|Ganda : ŋgáò

Naro : ɳ!áò (V.)

References : Vossen 415.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *ɡ!au

Meaning : acacia

Proto-Bushman : *ɡ!ãũ

Proto-Khoe : *ɳ!áò

Notes : Possibly borrowed from Khoe into North Khoisan, although the word is not attested in the most frequent sources of borrowing (Khoekhoe languages).

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 838

Proto-Bushman : *ɡ!ãũ

Meaning : acacia

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *ɡ!ãũ

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Notes : NK only with possible external correlates.

North Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Ju: *ɡ!ãũ

Tonal pattern: HH [j] ~ MM [k]

Meaning: a k. of acacia (hookthorn tree)

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ɡ!ã́ṹ (n5 -si) // ɡ!ã́ṹ-ɡ!ȍˤ-mà, pl. ɡ!ã́ṹ-ɡ!ȍˤ-mʰí (n3) "food plant, Solanum kwebense, S. namaquense"; ɡ!ã́ṹ-ɡ!ú ~ ɡ!ã́ṹ-cʼí (n5 -si) "clump of hookthorn acacias"; ɡ!ã́ṹ-ǀǀȁˤnáxʼáí (n2) "red bishop, Euplectes orix" (?)

Kavango : ɡ!áo "thornbush species"

Various addenda: Passarge (ǀǀAuǀǀen): $guŋ.

Notes : Irregular vocalic correspondences between Kavango and Juǀhoan.

References : Bleek 688; Dickens 210; Heikkinen 1986.

RefLex number: 449

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