Khoekhoe etymology :

Proto-Khoekhoe : *||xoba

Meaning : to open

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : ||khowa, ||khopa "dismantle, take apart", ||khowa-am, ||khopa-am "open"

!Ora : ||xȯbȧ

References : Haacke 88; Meinhof 134; Rust 244.

Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *||qhó (?)

Meaning : to open

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *||xoba

West Khoe : *||qho[-be/-re]

East Khoe : *||xóré

Notes : Baucom: ǂ'Oxoku ||kxʔoba.

References : Baucom 25; Vossen 473.

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *||qho[-be/-re]

Meaning : to open

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ||xóɛ́dé

Kxoe (Hukwe) : quɛ̌dɛ́ (Kö.)

Buga : qùɛ́dɛ́ "aufdecken"

Naro : ||xòbé (V., Ba.)

//Gana : ||xʔóbè

#Haba : ||xóbé

References : Barnard 147; Vossen 473.

East Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-East Khoe : *||xóré

Meaning : to open

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Xaise : ||xódé

Deti : ||xòdé

Cara : ||xódé

Tsixa : ||hódɛ́

Danisi : ||xódé

Kua : ||xódé

Tsua : ||xódé

References : Vossen 473.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *||qV-

Meaning : to open

Proto-Bushman : *!₁qʔoa-

Proto-Khoe : *||qhó (?)

Hadza : *||aʔa (?)

Notes : Click correspondences are quite unclear in this comparison.

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 447

Proto-Bushman : *!₁qʔoa-

Meaning : to open

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *!ʼõã^h

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *ǀǀóʔa

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

ǂHoan : *ǀǀqʔoa

Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan

Notes : The zero efflux in PT can be explained either as (a) a result of glottal stop metathesis (*ǀǀqʔoa > *ǀǀoʔa) or, if the original form was *!qʔoʔa, dissimilation (happening in one direction in PT and in the opposite one in NK-ǂHoan).

North Khoisan etymology :

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *||óʔa

Meaning : to open (sg.)

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ||óʔa tV

References : Traill 105.

East #Hoan etymology :

Proto-#Hoan : *||qʔoa

Meaning : to be open

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

#Hoan : ||qʔoa (CF)

References : Cornell Files.

Hadza etymology :

Proto-Hadza : *||aʔa

Meaning : to open

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Hadza : ||aʔa (E.)

References : Ehret 1986: 112.

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