South Khoisan (!Wi subgroup) etymology : Query result

Proto-!Wi : *kxã[Ṽ]-

Meaning : to drink

Bushman etymology : Bushman etymology

|Xam : k"wã, k"wă^ŋṅ, k"o̥á^ŋ, k"o̥ẽ̄, k"wē_^ŋ (B.); k"wă^ŋ, k"wī̃, k"wū^ŋ (Ll.)

//Ng : k"ā, k"ã, k"ẽ, ||k"ã

N|huki : kxʔa, kxʔã, kxʔǝi, kxʔǝ̃ĩ

#Khomani : kxʔwã, kxʔwẽ, kxʔã, kxʔeĩ (Mg.)

//Kxau : kxʔati

//Ku//e : kwã, ||k"wãĩ

Seroa : õaw (Wu.)

!Gã!ne : kxʔā

//Xegwi (Batwa) : k"ā, ||k"ẽ

|Auni : k"a(a), k"ẽ, ||k"a

|Haasi : kxa

Notes : Numerous vocalic variants (*kxẽ, *kxẽĩ, etc.) probably reflect various class suffixes. Nasalisation is frequent enough to suggest its inherent character (cf. also external data).

References : Bleek 109, 116, 117, 120, 121, 126, 153, 601, 604, 609; NFn; Meinhof 1929: 188; Story 21.

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