Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *cʔa[-NkV]

Meaning : guinea-fowl

Proto-Khoe : *|xání

Sandawe : *c̣aŋḳe

Hadza : *c̣ha[-ko]

Notes : A possible candidate for secondary click formation in Khoe (*c- > *|x-), although details of the process are unclear.

Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *|xání

Meaning : guinea-fowl

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *|xina

West Khoe : *|xání

East Khoe : *$[]anV (?)

Notes : Vowel metathesis in Proto-Khoekhoe?

Khoekhoe etymology :

Proto-Khoekhoe : *|xina

Meaning : guinea-fowl

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : |khena-s, |khina-s, |khini-s; |kenas (R.)

References : Haacke 68; Rust 234.

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *|xání

Meaning : guinea-fowl

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : |xáné; |káné (Ba.)

|Gwi : ||kani (Ta.)

//Gana : ||kane (Ta.)

References : Barnard 43; Tanaka 43; Visser 6.

East Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-East Khoe : *$[]anV (?)

Meaning : guinea-fowl

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Hietshware : !ganee

References : Dornan 94.

Sandawe etymology :

Proto-Sandawe : *c̣aŋḳe

Meaning : guinea-fowl

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Sandawe : ts'aṅke (D.); tsʔā́^ŋkʔè (E.); ts'ang'k'ee (K.); ts'anke (Kim.); ts'úŋkè (TBW)

References : Dempwolff 52; Elderkin 1983: 509; Kagaya 103; Kimmenade 58; TBW 306.

Hadza etymology :

Proto-Hadza : *c̣ha[-ko]

Meaning : guinea-fowl

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Hadza : tšāko, tšāte (B.); tš'a(ko) (E.); chʔako (S.); c'á_-kò (TBW)

References : Bleek 225, 226; Ehret 1986: 116; Sands-H; TBW 315.

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