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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-Taa : *si
Meaning : we (excl.)
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
Masarwa : si
|Nu//en : si
Notes : In !Xóõ cf. maybe -sî in ī-sî 'we'. According to Traill, !Xóõ does not distinguish between the inclusive and exclusive. So the form īsî may be a "contraction" of both (?).
References : Bleek 168; Traill 196.
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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :

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Number : 937
Proto-Bushman : *sV
Meaning : marker of dual => we (excl.)
Proto-Ju : *sa
Bushman > Ju : Bushman > Ju
Proto-Taa : *si
Bushman > Taa : Bushman > Taa
Proto-!Wi : *si~*sa
Bushman > !Wi : Bushman > !Wi
Notes : This morpheme functions as the 1st person pl. exclusive pronoun in most SK languages except for !Xóõ. Since external evidence shows that the NK opposition of *m vs. *e is more archaic, the use of *sV in that function in SK is probably innovative. It is therefore reasonable to compare it with NK *sa 'they two' (with the meaning shift 'they two' => 'me and him two' in SK). Whether this morpheme is related to Khoekhoe pronominal prefixes *sa- (excl.) or *si- (incl.) has yet to be established.
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North Khoisan etymology :

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Proto-Ju: *sa
Tonal pattern: LL [j] ~ MM [k] ~ MM [e]
Meaning: they two, them two, their two
Peripheral Khoisan etymology: Peripheral Khoisan etymology
Juǀʼhoan : sà // sá "and" (nom. conj. dual)
Kavango : sá
Ekoka : šā
References : Dickens 262; Heikkinen 1986.
RefLex number: 1376
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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :

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Proto-!Wi : *si~*sa
Meaning : we (excl.)
Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology
|Xam : si (B.); ssi, ssĭ́-ssĭ, ssi-ssi (Ll.)
//Ng : si
N|huki : sa (excl.), si (incl.) [?]
#Khomani : si, sa (Mg.)
//Kxau : si
//Ku//e : si
!Gã!ne : si
|Auni : si, se; tsĩʔa
|Nusan : si
References : Bleek 161, 165, 168, 170, 217; NFn; Maingard 244; Meinhof 1929: 188.
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