West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *ǂũ̌

Meaning : to buy

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ǂũ̌

Buga : ǂũ̌

|Ganda : ǂũ̂

|Gwi : !ton (Ta.)

References : Tanaka 18; Vossen 433.

Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *ǂũ̌

Meaning : to buy

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

West Khoe : *ǂũ̌

East Khoe : *ćũ̌

References : Vossen 433.

East Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-East Khoe : *ćũ̌

Meaning : to buy

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Tsixa : ćũ̌

Kua : kyũ̌

Tsua : kyũ̌

Hietshware : tšou

References : Dornan 91; Vossen 433.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *ǂŨ

Meaning : to buy

Proto-Bushman : *ǂõ^h

Proto-Khoe : *ǂũ̌

Notes : Dubious in the light of the root's semantics, but the exact mechanisms of its appearance in !Xóõ and =Hoan are unclear.

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 551

Proto-Bushman : *ǂõ^h

Meaning : to buy

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Taa : *ǂȭ^h

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

ǂHoan : *ǂõ

Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan

Notes : The word certainly looks like a cultural term, transmitted through contact, but it is interesting to note that it is not attested in Khoekhoe (the usual source of borrowing).

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *ǂȭ^h

Meaning : to buy, sell, trade

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ǂōhõ kV

!Xoong derivates : ǂōhõ kâ ||ʔào-sà ǂōhõ kâ ||ʔaBV L, pl. ǂōhõ kâ |hàõ-sà ǂōhõ kâ |haBV L "to buy"; ǂōhõ kâ ||xũ̂-sà ǂōhõ kâ ||xuV L, pl. ǂōhõ kâ ɳ||à̰a-sà ǂōhõ kâ ɳ||a̰V L "to sell"

References : Traill 132.

East #Hoan etymology :

Proto-#Hoan : *ǂõ

Meaning : to buy

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

#Hoan : ǂoõ (T.)

References : Traill 1986: 426.

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