Khoekhoe etymology :

Proto-Khoekhoe : *ɳǂa(b)i

Meaning : dove, pigeon

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : ǂnai-s "dove", ǂnawi-s "rock pigeon"; ǂnei-s "dove" (R.)

!Ora : !xai-ǂnabu-s "dove"; !xei ǂnāwus "dove" (Wu.)

Notes : [Cf. Zhu. ɳǂábí id. Cf. Zhu. ǂáíǂábí "turtle dove", ǂHoan ǂhibi "dove".]

References : Haacke 123, 124; Meinhof 113; Rust 289; Wuras 20.

Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *ɳǂhábí (?)

Meaning : dove, pigeon

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *ɳǂa(b)i

West Khoe : *ǂábí

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *ǂábí

Meaning : dove, pigeon

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : ǂíbí (V.); ǂábí (Ba.)

|Gwi : |ubi (Ta.)

//Gana : |ubi (Ta.)

References : Barnard 42; Tanaka 72.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *ǂ(h)abi (?)

Meaning : dove

Proto-Bushman : *ɳǂhabi / *ǂabi

Proto-Khoe : *ǂn̥ábí (?)

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 606

Proto-Bushman : *ǂhabi / *ǂabi

Meaning : dove

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *ǂaiǂabi

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

ǂHoan : *ǂhibi

Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan

Notes : Cf. also Žu. nǂabi "dove". Influx corresp. are irregular, but the NK reduplication might have obscured them.

North Khoisan etymology :

East #Hoan etymology :

Proto-#Hoan : *ǂhibi

Meaning : dove

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

#Hoan : ǂhibi (CF)

References : Cornell Files.

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