South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

Proto-!Wi : *g|ʔɛ

Stems : *g|ʔɛ-i; *g|ʔɛi-ti

Meaning : woman

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : |a "fem. ending" (B.); |ā́ïti, |āitye, |áityi (B.); |āiti (Ll.)

//Ng : |aiti, |aiki, |gaiki, |gaiti, |gēki; ||ke |a "girl"; ||koẽ̄n-|ā "old woman"

N|huki : |aake, |eeki

#Khomani : |keici "girl" (Dk.); ||kai |ʔa "girl", |ʔaʔa "servant girl" (Mg.); |ʔaice, |ʔaici, |ʔeici, |keiki (Mg.)

//Kxau : |a⁺ti', |au

//Ku//e : |āti

!Gã!ne : |a-ti "friendly; female"

//Xegwi (Batwa) : |āze

|Auni : |kẽ; |gēki; |gāke, |gākei "old woman"; |kan "woman", |kan ||gai "girl", |kane ||xabbe "young woman"

|Haasi : |ĩ

References : Bleek 267-268, 270, 271, 274, 275, 278, 292, 296, 298, 300, 302, 307, 308, 584; \X<1.144>NFn; Maingard 239; Meinhof 1929\x: 185.

Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

Number : 248

Proto-Bushman : *ɡǀʔɛ

Meaning : woman

Khoisan etymology : Khoisan etymology

Proto-Ju : *ʒhau

Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju

Proto-!Wi : *ɡǀʔɛ

Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi

ǂHoan : *žiu

Bushman > ǂHoan : Bushman > ǂHoan

Notes : Unfortunately, the word is not present in Taa (where it has been substituted by the compound form *la-qae, lit. 'person-mother'), so that the nature of the efflux in !Wi is hard to establish, and the link between !Wi and PNK-ǂHoan is therefore tentative. Concerning the suffix in PNK-ǂHoan cf. perhaps also the ǀǀKxau form ǀka-u?

North Khoisan etymology :

East #Hoan etymology :

Proto-#Hoan : *žiu

Meaning : wife

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

#Hoan : jiu (C.)

References : Collins 2001: 458.

Macro-Khoisan etymology :

Proto-Khoisan : *CV[ʔV] [~]

Meaning : woman

Proto-Bushman : *ɡ|ʔɛ

Notes : Not found outside Peripheral Khoisan.

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