South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology : Query result

Proto-!Wi : *ɳ||a-

Stems : *ɳ||a-ĩ; *ɳ||a-ŋ

Meaning : house, nest

|Xam : ||nõingtu (B. early); ||naiṅ, pl. ||nai||naiṅ (B.); ||neiṅ, emph. ||neinya, ||neinyan, pl. ||nei||nei (B.); ||nĕiṅ, emph. ||neiṅyaṅ, pl. ||nèi||néi (Ll.)

//Ng : ||nai, ||nei, ||ŋ, pl. ||neiŋjaŋ

#Khomani : -||ŋ (Dk., Mg.), -||ŋ-xu (Dk.)

//Ku//e : ||kũ-te, pl. ||kũ-||e "Bushman"; -gɛŋ "hut" (?)

//Xegwi (Batwa) : ||nai, ||nei, pl. ||nẽŋela; ||ŋī (LH)

|Auni : ||neiŋ, ||ŋ

|Haasi : ||nã̄ (St.)

|Nusan : ||nĩŋdu

Notes : Concerning the name of the ||Ku||e tribe, cf. also ||ŋ-!ke "home people" for ||Ng.

References : Bleek 46, 593, 611, 613, 614, 618, 619, 620, 624; LHb 48.

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