South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

Proto-!Wi : *ǂqhwe

Meaning : wind

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : !kwé, emph. !kwétǝn (B.); !koja (B. early); tʔ¹kooih (Lich.); !khwĕ́, emph. !khwétǝn (Ll.)

//Ng : !khwe, khwe; |uhḗ (?)

N|huki : ǂqhoe

#Khomani : ǂkówe, ǂkhwe (Dk.); ǂkhou "south wind" (Dk.) (?)

//Kxau : ǂho_e

//Ku//e : -||gõʔi

//Xegwi (Batwa) : šuwi; šwee (LH)

|Auni : ǂkwē

References : Bleek 90, 183, 320, 358, 432, 440, 532, 579, 610, 662, 664, 666, 679; LHa 102; Meinhof 1929: 188; NFn.

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 584

Proto-Bushman : *ǂqʔhu-

Meaning : wind

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *ǂʼã (?)

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *ǂqhù

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Proto-!Wi : *ǂqhwe

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

ǂHoan : *ǂqʔui

Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan

Notes : The NK form hardly belongs here, but cf. PCK *ǂʔɔ́ã́ id. - it is hard to determine whether it is the NK forms or the SK/ǂHoan ones that correspond better to CK.

North Khoisan etymology :

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *ǂqhù

Meaning : wind

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : ǂqhùe 3 II, pl. ǂqhûm-tê 3 II

Masarwa : ||khwē, ||k"wē

|Nu//en : ǂkhwē, ǂkhoe, ǂkwē, ǂxē

!Xoong derivates : dim. ǂqhûu-bâ; tâa |è ǂqhûe "a personʔs spirit"

References : Bleek 532, 579, 610, 662, 664, 666, 679; Traill 142.

East #Hoan etymology :

Proto-#Hoan : *ǂqʔui

Meaning : wind

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

#Hoan : qǂʔui (BC.); ǂui, ǂkʔui (T.)

References : Bell-Collins 2001: 146; Traill 1973: 32.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *ǂqʔU-

Meaning : wind

Proto-Bushman : *ǂqʔhu-

Proto-Khoe : *ǂʔɔ̃ã́ (?)

Notes : Click efflux correspondences are obscure, but at least this rules out recent borrowing.

Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoe : *ǂʔɔ̃ã́ (?)

Meaning : wind

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Khoekhoe : *ǂʔoa

West Khoe : *ǂʔã́

East Khoe : *ʔjã́

Notes : Irregular correspondences between Proto-Khoekhoe and non-Khoe languages.

References : Vossen 507.

Khoekhoe etymology :

Proto-Khoekhoe : *ǂʔoa

Meaning : wind

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

Nama : ǂoa-b

!Ora : ǂʔȯȧ-b; ǂoa-b (Wu.)

References : Haacke 112; Meinhof 144; Rust 331; Wuras 56.

West Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-West Khoe : *ǂʔã́

Meaning : wind

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

//Ani : ǂʔã́

Kxoe (Hukwe) : ǂʔã́

Buga : ǂʔã́

|Ganda : ǂʔã́

Naro : ǂʔã́ (V.); ǂaba (B.); ǂãã (Ba.)

|Gwi : ǂʔã́; !ā (Ta.)

//Gana : ǂʔã́; !ā (Ta.)

#Haba : ǂʔã́

Tsaukwe : ǂa

References : Barnard 33; Bleek 640; KH; Tanaka 107; Vossen 507.

East Central Khoisan etymology :

Proto-East Khoe : *ʔjã́

Meaning : wind

Khoe etymology : Khoe etymology

|Xaise : ʔyã́

Deti : ʔyã̌

Cara : ʔyã́

Tsixa : ǂʔã́

Danisi : ʔyã́

Kua : ʔyã̂

Tsua : ʔyã̂

Hietshware : nyaa

References : Dornan 107; Vossen 507.

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