South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

Proto-!Wi : *tu

Meaning : man; people; who

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : túkǝn (B.), ttú-kǝn, emph. ttúkakǝn (Ll.) "males" (pl. only)

//Ng : tũ, =tu, pl. tukǝn, tũnjǝn, tuŋǝn

N|huki : ću(xe) "who?"

#Khomani : tjhuxai "who" (Mg.)

//Kxau : tu' "who"

//Xegwi (Batwa) : towa "who" (LH)

|Auni : tuke, tuku, tutus, tutuse "men, boys"

|Haasi : tsī "who" (?)

References : Bleek 204, 239, 593; LHa 101; Meinhof 1929: 188; NFn; Story 23.

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 133

Proto-Bushman : *ǯu

Meaning : person

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *žu

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-Taa : *tû

Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa

Proto-!Wi : *tu

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

Notes : In PPK - possibly the suppletive plural for *ža 'person' (as attested in !Xóõ and several other SK languages). The strange tonal distinction between the sg. and pl. forms of the root in Zhuǀ'hoan has yet to be explained.

North Khoisan etymology :

South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

Proto-Taa : *tû

Meaning : person

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

!Xoong : tûu 4 II "people"

Masarwa : tu, pl. tuku, tutu

|Nu//en : tu, pl. tutu

References : Bleek 240; Traill 154.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *ǯV [~]

Meaning : person

Proto-Bushman : *ǯu

Notes : Not found outside Peripheral Khoisan.

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