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East Central Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-East Khoe : *dàḿ
Meaning : tongue
|Xaise : dàḿ
Deti : dàḿ
Cara : dàḿ
Tsixa : dàḿ
Danisi : dàḿ
Cua : dàḿ
Kua : dàḿ
Tsua : dàḿ
Hietshware : dham
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Central Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-Khoe : *dlàḿ
Meaning : tongue
Notes : Baucom: ||Gabake, Shua, Buka dham, Molepolole dam, ǂ'Oxoku tam, Hai!um nam.
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Khoekhoe etymology :
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Proto-Khoekhoe : *dlam[V]
Meaning : tongue
Nama : nam-mi, lam-mi, tam-mi; nami, nams (R.)
!Ora : tȧm-mà; tamma (Wu.)
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West Central Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-West Khoe : *dàḿ
Meaning : tongue
//Ani : dàḿ
Kxoe (Hukwe) : dàḿ; dăm (W.)
Buga : dàḿ
|Ganda : dàm̀
Naro : dàḿ (V.); ta̰m, dǎm(á) (Ba.)
|Gwi : gyàm̀; gyam (Ta.)
//Gana : dáḿ; dam (Ta.)
#Haba : dáḿ
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-Khoisan : *DNa-
Meaning : tongue
Notes : The word for 'tongue' is well-known to be subject to various expressive irregularities in the world's languages, with Khoisan being no exception. Whether the Hadza word fits in with Peripheral Khoisan and Khoe remains to be seen.
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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :
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Number : 224
Proto-Bushman : *dla̰- (?)
Meaning : tongue
Proto-Ju : *[n]dhari
Proto-Taa : *ʔǀnà̰
Proto-!Wi : *ǀʔɛ
ǂHoan : *cela (?)
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North Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-Ju: √kari
Tonal pattern: HH [j]
Meaning: buffalo weaver, Bubalornis albirostris
Juǀʼhoan : kárí-kárí (n2)
References : Dickens 1994: 225.
RefLex number: 732
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :
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Proto-Taa : *ʔ|nà̰
Stems : *ʔ|nà̰-n; *ʔ|nà̰-ni
Meaning : tongue
!Xoong : ʔ|nà̰n 2 n I, pl. ʔ|nà̰na, ʔ|nã̰̀ 2 u I
Masarwa : |nān
|Nu//en : |āni
!Xoong derivates : !ōo ʔ|nà̰n "blade of a knife"; ʔ|nà̰n ʘàa "uvula"
Notes : Cf. also !Xóõ |à̰ʔli "tongue of a snake or a lizard"?
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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :
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Proto-!Wi : *|ʔɛ
Stems : *|ʔɛ̥-ni
Meaning : tongue
|Xam : |érnrni, |kér̃r̃ī (B.); tʔ1inn (Lich.); |énni, |énrnri (Ll.)
//Ng : |ẽ, pl. |ēnjǝn
N|huki : ŋ̊|ʔǝn
//Kxau : |ʔa-na-n-si
|Auni : |ãri
Khatia : |aa, |ḁŋa
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East #Hoan etymology :
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Proto-#Hoan : *cela
Meaning : tongue
#Hoan : tsela (C.); tsela, tsala (T.)
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Hadza etymology :
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Proto-Hadza : *ɳ|atha
Meaning : tongue
Hadza : |nataku (B.); ŋ|áthâ- (S.); ŋ|átà, ŋ|átà-kò (Tc.)
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