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Proto-Khoisan : *kV
Meaning : to climb
Sandawe : *ke
Hadza : *khaha
Notes : A Sandawe-Hadza isogloss.
Proto-Khoisan : *kV [~]
Meaning : quantitative particle (?)
Proto-Bushman : *kV
Notes : So far found only in Peripheral Khoisan.
Proto-Khoisan : *kVʔV[ŋ]
Meaning : to know
Proto-Bushman : *!hã
Proto-Khoe : *!ʔã́
Sandawe : *kheʔe
Hadza : *kaʔa
Notes : A good example of how Khoe clicks can develop out of bisyllabic sequences preserved in Sandawe: *kheʔe > *kʔe- > *!ʔa-.
Proto-Khoisan : *KwaRi
Meaning : vulture
Proto-Khoe : *kxání (?)
Sandawe : *gweresi
Hadza : *kʷadi
Notes : Forms should be checked for possible borrowing issues (particularly Hadza and Sandawe).
Proto-Khoisan : *kxã
Meaning : younger brother/sister
Proto-Bushman : *kxṼ (?)
Proto-Khoe : *[kx]ã
Notes : The connection is possible given what we know about Khoe initial velar affricates corresponding to North Khoisan palatalized affricates.
Proto-Khoisan : *kxam [~]
Meaning : mouth
Proto-Khoe : *kxáḿ
Notes : Not found outside Khoe (although the word is present as a borrowing in Ju|ʔhoan).
Proto-Khoisan : *kxao [~]
Meaning : man
Proto-Khoe : *kxáò
Notes : Not found outside Khoe.
Proto-Khoisan : *kxe
Meaning : to cry, sound
Proto-Bushman : *kxV
Proto-Khoe : *kxɛ̌
Sandawe : *ḳē
Hadza : *ke-[wa]
Notes : The Hadza word is not quite compatible with Sandawe, Khoe, and Bushman items (no signs of glottalized articulation and more distant semantics).
Proto-Khoisan : *kxei
Meaning : to laugh
Proto-Bushman : *kxei
Proto-Khoe : *kxã́ĩ̀
Proto-Khoisan : *kxo [~]
Meaning : to eat meat
Proto-Khoe : *kxó
Notes : Not found outside Khoe.
Proto-Khoisan : *kxoa
Meaning : to return
Proto-Khoe : *kxóà
Sandawe : *khwā
Proto-Khoisan : *kxU-
Meaning : to speak
Proto-Bushman : *kxU-
Proto-Khoe : *kxúí
Proto-Khoisan : *kxV
Meaning : to drink
Proto-Bushman : *kxãh
Proto-Khoe : *kxâ
Notes : Honken 1998: 189.
Proto-Khoisan : *kxV
Meaning : arrow
Proto-Bushman : *čhi (*k̑χV-)
Proto-Khoe : *kxáó
Notes : The comparison is quite serious, considering the frequent palatalization of the velar affricate in North Khoisan (cf. the words for "drink", "laugh", "liver", etc.).
Proto-Khoisan : *kxVi
Meaning : liver
Proto-Bushman : *kxVi
Proto-Khoe : *kxẽ̀ĩ́
Proto-Khoisan : *ḳaŋḳara [~]
Meaning : black
Sandawe : *ḳaŋḳara
Notes : Not found outside Sandawe so far.
Proto-Khoisan : *ḳumi [~]
Meaning : small
Hadza : *ḳumi
Notes : Found only in Hadza.
Proto-Khoisan : *ḳwa
Meaning : to hit
Sandawe : *ḳwaʔ
Hadza : *ḳʷase
Notes : A Hadza-Sandawe isogloss.
Proto-Khoisan : *ḳwa [~]
Meaning : bark
Hadza : *[he]ḳʷa
Notes : So far, only attested in Hadza. Any connection with Sandawe ƛ̣a id. would be highly hypothetical (Hadza velars do not seem to frequently correspond to Sandawe laterals).
Proto-Khoisan : *ḳwe [~]
Meaning : to kill
Proto-Khoe : *||ʔó
Sandawe : *ḳwe
Hadza : *||o-
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