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South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology :
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Proto-Taa : *síʔi
Meaning : to bite; to speak a Khoisan language (homonym?)
!Xoong : síʔi -sà siʔJV H
|Nu//en : tseja ||kai
!Xoong derivates : sīʔje ||kxȭ "to lie"; síʔńa qàńa "to be angry"
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Peripheral Khoisan etymology :
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Number : 25
Proto-Bushman : *ciʔi
Meaning : to bite; mouth
Proto-Ju : *cʼi
Proto-Taa : *síʔi
Proto-!Wi : *cʔi
ǂHoan : *šĩ
Notes : The bisyllabic structure explains the lack of the expected *cʔ > *ǀq development in South Khoisan as well as (possibly) the irregular correspondence between NK and ǂHoan. In NK, the glottal stop was metathesized (as it often happens in click structures of the *ǂVʔV > *ǂʔV type). The development *ci- > ši- in ǂHoan is strange, but there are no counterexamples.
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North Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-Ju: *cʼi
Tonal pattern: HH [j] ~ HH [k] ~ HH [e]
Meaning: mouth
Juǀʼhoan : cʼí (n5 -si) "mouth, lid, song; herd, flock, troop etc. (second element in compound); (?) veld; outside" // cʼí-à-sì (n5 pl) "about, matter (of), concerning"
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): cʼi
ǀǀAuǀǀen : ci ~ ciː
!Kung (Lloyd) : ci ~ cì ~ cːì
!Kung (Vedder): cʼiː
!Kung (Wilhelm): ciː // ciŋ-!oː "lip"
!O!Kung (Bleek) : cí:
Kavango : cʼi̋
Ekoka : čʼí
Tsumkwe : cʼí
Tsintsabis : cʼí
Okongo : cʼí
Leeunes : cʼí
Mpunguvlei : cʼi ~ čʼi
Cuito : cʼi
Cuando : cʼi ~ čʼi
South Omatako : cʼi
North Omatako : cʼi
Kameeldoring : cʼi
Lister : cʼi
RefLex number: 1658
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South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology :
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Proto-!Wi : *cʔi
Meaning : to bite
|Xam : tsī, tsʔi, tsʔī, tshī, tshʔī (B.); ttssʔī, tssī́ (Ll.)
//Ng : tsi, =tsʔi
N|huki : tsʔi, tsʔii
#Khomani : tsʔii (Dk.); tsʔii "to ache" (Mg.)
!Gã!ne : tšĩ
//Xegwi (Batwa) : tsʔī (LH)
|Auni : tsʔī "to ache"
|Haasi : tsī; tsʔisa "snake"
|Nusan : tsʔi
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East #Hoan etymology :
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Proto-#Hoan : *šĩ
Meaning : door; mouth
#Hoan : cin (C.); šē, sī̂ (T.)
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Macro-Khoisan etymology :
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Proto-Khoisan : *ciʔi
Meaning : to bite
Notes : Cf. also the derivative for "snake" in both Proto-Taa (*síʔi) and Sandawe (|ʔĩ).
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Sandawe etymology :
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Proto-Sandawe : *|ʔĩkhe
Meaning : to bite, sting
Sandawe : |'iṅke (D.); |ʔìŋk̥é (E.); |ʔing'khe (K.); |'inke (Kim.)
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