Khoekhoe etymology :

Proto-Khoekhoe : *thuru

Meaning : to pluck (feathers)

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : tsuru

!Ora : thu̇ru̇ "ein Huhn rupfen"

References : Haacke 45; Meinhof 92; Rust 390.

Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *thuru

Meaning : to skin, plume, shed skin (of snake)

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *thuru

West Khoe : *thùrú

East Khoe : *thùrú

References : Vossen 448.

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *thùrú

Meaning : to skin, plume, shed skin (of snake)

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : thùdú

Kxoe (Hukwe) : thùdú (Kö.)

Buga : thùdú

|Ganda : thùdú

Naro : thùdú (V.); thuru "shed skin" (Ba.)

#Haba : thúdú

References : Barnard 153; Vossen 448.

East Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-East Khoe : *thùrú

Meaning : to skin, plume, shed skin (of snake)

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Xaise : thùdú

Tsixa : thùdú

Danisi : thùdú

Kua : thùdú

Tsua : thùdú

References : Vossen 448.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *thʔurV

Meaning : to slough the skin

Proto-Bushman : *thʔurV

Proto-Khoe : *thuru

Notes : North Khoisan *thuru may be a borrowing from Khoe, but !Xóõ húli kV is original.

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 748

Proto-Bushman : *thʔurV

Meaning : to slough the skin

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *thuru

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *húri

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

North Khoisan etymology :

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *húri

Meaning : to cast off skin, change into another creature

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : húli kV

References : Traill 190.

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