Khoekhoe etymology :

Proto-Khoekhoe : *-ʔi

Meaning : n. sg. marker in nouns

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : -ʔì

!Ora : -ʔi

References : Vossen 171.

Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *-i

Meaning : n. sg. marker for nouns

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *-ʔi

Notes : Absent in all Khoe languages but the Khoekhoe subgroup. Reduction?

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *i

Meaning : class marker; 3rd person pr.

Proto-Bushman : *i^h

Proto-Khoe : *-i

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Bushman : *i^h

Meaning : class marker; 3rd person pr.

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *hi

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *ì^h

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Proto-!Wi : *hi(^ŋ)

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

North Khoisan etymology :

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *ì^h

Meaning : class 1 harmonic pronoun; he, she, it

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ìh 1 II

References : Traill 196.

South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

Proto-!Wi : *hi(^ŋ)

Meaning : 3rd person pronoun (sg. & pl.)

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : hĩ, hí, emph. hiṅ (B.), hĩ, hi, hiṅ (Ll.)

References : Bleek 60.

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