South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology : List with all references

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Proto-!Wi : *ǂ₁a(u)

Meaning : earth, sand

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : !(k)ãũ, !kãũ, !ãũ (B.); !kʔăũ (Ll.)

//Ng : !ʔãũ

N|huki : !ʔǝ̃õ, !ʔǝ̃ũ, ŋ̊!ʔǝ̃ũ

//Kxau : !ʔau, !ʔãũ, !ʔauṅ "earth, veld"

//Xegwi (Batwa) : ||kwālo "ground"

|Auni : !ãũ "dust"; !gʔa "ground" (?)

|Nusan : !oũ

References : Bleek 372, 374, 412, 441, 452, 491, 586, 592, 597, 637, 649; Meinhof 1929: 185; NFn.

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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 61

Proto-Bushman : *ǂa (?)

Meaning : earth

Proto-!Wi : *ǂ₁a(u)

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

Notes : An unclear (and phonetically extremely dubious) !Wi isogloss. Possibly related to *ǂkxV- id., but no definitive proof exists.

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