East Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-East Khoe : *ɳ||au

Meaning : to show

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Deti : ɳ||àú

Tsixa : ɳ||áù

Danisi : ɳ||áú

References : Vossen 509.

Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *||áú (*ɳ||háú)

Meaning : to show

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *||au

West Khoe : *||áú

East Khoe : *ɳ||au

Notes : Even if there really is a complex nasalized efflux involved, it's clearly a different case from 'shoe, sandal'. It is more probable that the forms go back to an original *||áú with secondary (?) nasalization in East CK.

References : Vossen 509.

Khoekhoe etymology :

Proto-Khoekhoe : *||au

Meaning : to show

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : ||gau; ||gou (R.)

!Ora : ||ȧu̇

Notes : Griqua ||ȧù-u̯ē̇ (Paul Kars).

References : Haacke 79; Meinhof 115, 150; Rust 123.

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *||áú

Meaning : to show

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ||áú

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ||éú (Kö.)

Buga : ||áú

|Ganda : ||áú

References : Vossen 509.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *||qhV-

Meaning : to show

Proto-Bushman : *||qha-

Proto-Khoe : *||áú (*ɳ||háú)

Sandawe : *lade(ʔ) (?)

Notes : The link with Sandawe is very weak (possible only if the initial l- in Sandawe can be somehow connected with the lateral click in Khoe, but no other examples are available).

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 505

Proto-Bushman : *ǀǀqha-

Meaning : to show

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *ǀǀkhae

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *ǀǀqhā

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

ǂHoan : *ǀǀha

Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan

North Khoisan etymology :

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *||qhā

Meaning : to show

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ||qhāa kV

References : Traill 117.

East #Hoan etymology :

Proto-#Hoan : *||ha

Meaning : to show

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

#Hoan : ||ha (CF)

References : Cornell Files.

Sandawe etymology :

Proto-Sandawe : *lade(ʔ)

Meaning : to show

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Sandawe : ladé (D.); làʔdê (E.); la(a)deʔ (K.); lade (Kim.)

References : Dempwolff 47; Elderkin 1983: 515; Kagaya 6; Kimmenade 47.

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