Khoekhoe etymology :

Proto-Khoekhoe : *kai

Meaning : big

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : kai; gei (R.)

!Ora : káí

Notes : Griqua kai (Dirk Kok).

References : Haacke 18; Meinhof 85, 148; Rust 103.

Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *káí

Meaning : big

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *kai

West Khoe : *káí

East Khoe : *káí

Notes : Baucom: Kx'am||õã kai, ǂ'Oxoku kai, kei, ||Aremn||ais gei.

References : Baucom 18; Vossen 445.

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *káí

Meaning : big, many

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Naro : káí (V.)

References : Barnard 115; KH; Vossen 445.

East Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-East Khoe : *káí

Meaning : big

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Deti : káí

References : Vossen 445.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *ka-

Meaning : big, to grow

Proto-Bushman : *ka-

Proto-Khoe : *káí

Sandawe : *ḳarē (?)

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 684

Proto-Bushman : *ka-

Meaning : big, to grow

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *kai

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *ká

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

North Khoisan etymology :

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *ká

Meaning : to grow

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : kái (sg.), kába-tā (pl.)

References : Traill 170.

Sandawe etymology :

Proto-Sandawe : *ḳarē

Meaning : full grown person

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Sandawe : k'are "Jüngling/jeune homme" (D., Kim.); k'aree (K.); k'ar-é "boy", k'aré-sú "girl" (TBW)

References : Dempwolff 47; Kagaya 92; Kimmenade 46; TBW 301.

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