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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :
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Proto-!Wi : *ǂhɔ-in
Meaning : dog
|Xam : !kwíṅ (B.); !kŭ̥iṅ, !kŭ́iṅ, !khu̥iṅ (Ll.)
//Ng : !kwiŋ
N|huki : ǂun, ǂuń
#Khomani : ǂʔʌn "dog" (Dk.)
//Kxau : ǂhuni
//Ku//e : !wiŋ, !inji
Seroa : kuenia
//Xegwi (Batwa) : ||kwi, !xẽ; ƛhwiŋ (LH)
|Auni : ǂkɔ̃ɔ̃
|Haasi : ǂhaŋ
References : Bleek 104, 400, 405, 433, 467, 495, 496, 499, 500, 600, 646, 661, 662, 663, 677, 678, 680; LHa 112; Meinhof 1929: 186; NFn; Story 21. xamet-meaning,xamet-prnum,xamet-txam,xamet-lng,xamet-tnu,xamet-khom,xamet-kxau,xamet-lkue,xamet-sero,xamet-batw,xamet-auni,xamet-haas,xamet-refer,
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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :
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Number : 53
Proto-Bushman : *ǂq_hɔ-
Meaning : dog
Proto-Ju : *ɡǂʰo-e ~ *ɡǂʰo-ĩ
Proto-Taa : *ǂqhà
Proto-!Wi : *ǂhɔ-in
Notes : Represented in both SK and NK only in conjunction with different (most often frozen) class markers: *ǂq_hɔ-i(ŋ), *ǂq_hɔ-e, *ǂq_hɔ-a.
bshet-proto,bshet-meaning,bshet-prnum,bshet-nkh,bshet-nkhnum,bshet-xoo,bshet-xoonum,bshet-xam,bshet-xamnum,bshet-notes,
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North Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-Ju: *ɡǂʰo-e ~ *ɡǂʰo-ĩ
Tonal pattern: HH [j] ~ MM [k] ~ MM [e]
Meaning: dog
Juǀʼhoan : ɡǂʰṹĩ́ ~ ɡǂʰóá // ɡǂʰṹĩ́-ɡ!ã̀ũ̀-ɡ!ánú (n3 -si) "rainbow"; ɡǂʰṹĩ́-mà, pl. ɡǂʰúí-mʰí "puppy"
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ɡǂʼʰwĩ ~ ɡǂʼʰwa
ǀǀAuǀǀen : !ɔ
!Kung (Lloyd) : ǂwé ~ ǂʰwé
!Kung (Doke): ǂʼʰwiː ~ ŋǂʼʰwiː
!Kung (Vedder): ɡǂɔ́e
!O!Kung (Bleek) : ǂwé
Kavango : ɡǂʰóe
Ekoka : ɡ!̯ʰōē
Tsumkwe : ɡǂʰòa
Tsintsabis : ǂʰóe
Okongo : ǂʰóe
Leeunes : ɡǂʰòe
Mpunguvlei : ǂʰóe ~ ǂʰólé
Cuito : !ʰólé ~ ǂʰólé
Cuando : !ʰólé ~ ǀǀʰólé ~ ǂʰólé
South Omatako : ɡǂʰòe
North Omatako : ɡǂʰũi
Kameeldoring : ɡǂʰòe
Lister : ɡǂʰòa
Notes : Class 1. The two forms - *ɡǂhoĩ and *ɡǂhoe - probably reflect two old stems of the same root. Note that the morphological structure of *ɡǂho-ĩ = Proto-!Wi *ǂkhɔ-in.
RefLex number: 354
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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :
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Proto-Taa : *ǂqhà
Stems : *ǂqhà-i
Meaning : dog
!Xoong : ǂqhài 1 II, pl. ǂqhàba-tê 4 II
Masarwa : ǂxai, !xai, !xiti, !kai, ǂgi, ǂxī
|Nu//en : ǂkhi
!Xoong derivates : ǂqhài ɳ|ūhńa "lit. dogʔs nostril, i.e. a dirty elbow"
References : Bleek 104, 400, 405, 433, 467, 495, 496, 499, 500, 600, 646, 661, 662, 663, 677, 678, 680; Traill 137, 141. xooet-stems,xooet-meaning,xooet-prnum,xooet-xoo,xooet-masa,xooet-nuen,xooet-xoo_der,xooet-refer,
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-Khoisan : *tVqV [~]
Meaning : dog
Notes : The Sandawe connection is very tentative; really just a Peripheral Khoisan root (although a good common one).
khoiet-meaning,khoiet-bsh,khoiet-san,khoiet-notes,
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Sandawe etymology :
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Proto-Sandawe : *gwece
Meaning : wild dog
Sandawe : gwece (K.); gwetse (Kim.)
sanet-meaning,sanet-prnum,sanet-san,sanet-refer,
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