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Macro-Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoisan : *[!]ka
Meaning : to want, wish
Proto-Bushman : *ka-[ne]
Proto-Khoe : *!á
Notes : Irregular click loss in this root happens not only in Peripheral Khoisan, but also in Khoekhoe.
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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 686
Proto-Bushman : *ka-[ne]
Meaning : to want, wish
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Proto-Ju : *kare
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
Proto-Taa : *kánV
Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa
Proto-!Wi : *ka (?)
Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi
ǂHoan : *kini
Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan
Notes : Vocalic assimilation in ǂHoan. Second syllable is suffixal if the ǀXam form belongs here, although the verb ka is not attested with a 'wishing' meaning in any other !Wi language.
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North Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Ju: √maša
Tonal pattern: LL [j]
Meaning: club, walking stick
Juǀʼhoan : màšà-ǀǀʼã̀ (n5 -si)
References : Dickens 234.
RefLex number: 872
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-Taa : *kánV
Meaning : to want
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
!Xoong : káne/káni kV
References : Traill 170.
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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-!Wi : *ka
Meaning : to wish, intend, think
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Xam : ka (B.), kă, kā (Ll.)
References : Bleek 73.
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East #Hoan etymology :

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Proto-#Hoan : *kini
Meaning : want
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
#Hoan : kini (C.)
References : Collins 2001: 464.
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Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Khoe : *!á
Meaning : to wish, want
Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology
Khoekhoe : *ka (?)
West Khoe : *!á
East Khoe : *ká
Notes : Irregular loss of click in PKK or chance resemblance? Cf. also the potential external correlate.
References : Vossen 496.
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Khoekhoe etymology :

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Proto-Khoekhoe : *ka
Meaning : to wish, want
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
!Ora : ka
References : Meinhof 144.
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West Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-West Khoe : *!á
Meaning : to wish, want
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
//Ani : ká
Kxoe (Hukwe) : kǎ "sich nach etw. sehnen" (Kö.)
Buga : ká
|Ganda : ká
Naro : !á (V.)
References : Vossen 496.
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East Central Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-East Khoe : *ká
Meaning : to wish, want
Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology
Deti : ká
Cara : ká
Tsixa : ká
Danisi : ká
Kua : ká
Tsua : ká
Hietshware : kaa
References : Dornan 99; Vossen 496.
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