Proto-Khoisan : *!ʔupV [~]
Meaning : ashes
Notes : If we assume the hypothesis that the word is historically a compound (*!ʔu + *pha; *!ʔu = "hair"?), *pha would be comparable with forms like !Xóõ ʘʔa "to burn" or ǂHoan ʘui "fire" . No other connections can be supposed at this point.
