Khoekhoe etymology :

Proto-Khoekhoe : *||hom

Meaning : to chip (away) at s., chop at (s.)

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : ||hom

References : Haacke 84.

Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *||(h)om

Meaning : to chop

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *||hom

West Khoe : *||om

Notes : Cf. several similar cases like *ǂ(h)om "locust", etc.

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *||om

Meaning : to chop, cut off

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : ||om

References : Visser 116.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *||om-

Meaning : to chop

Proto-Bushman : *||o^hm

Proto-Khoe : *||(h)om

Sandawe : *||wame

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 853

Proto-Bushman : *ǀǀo^hm

Meaning : to chop, peck

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *ǀǀo^hm

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

North Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Ju: *ǀǀoʰm

Tonal pattern: XX [j]

Meaning: to chop, peck (of a woodpecker)

Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology

Juǀʼhoan : ǀǀȍʰm // ǀǀȍʰm-sí (n5 -si) "chopping place, manner way of chopping"

ǀǀAuǀǀen : ǀǀum

!Kung (Lloyd) : ǀǀuḿm

!Kung (Doke): ǀǀɔːm

!O!Kung (Bleek) : ǀǀum

Kavango : ǀǀȍm "cut, hew"

References : Bleek 586, 592; Heikkinen 1986; Dickens 332.

RefLex number: 2655

Sandawe etymology :

Proto-Sandawe : *||wame

Meaning : to chop off small branches

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Sandawe : ||`wáme (Kim.)

References : Kimmenade 65.

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