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Proto-Ju: *ǀxʼai
Tonal pattern: HH [j]
Meaning: foot
Juǀʼhoan : ǀxʼáí (n5 -si) // ǀxʼáí-ʒxȍàrà (n5 -si) "cleft between the two parts of a hoof"; ǀxʼáí-ɡ!ȕȉʰ (n5 -si) "big toe"; ǀxʼáí-ɳ!áŋ (n5 -si) "sole (of foot)", etc.
Juǀʼhoan (Snyman): ǀxʼei
ǀǀAuǀǀen : ǀe ~ ǀxeː
!Kung (Lloyd) : ǀé ~ ǀì ~ ǀxʼĕ ~ ǀxʼì ~ ǀxì
!Kung (Doke): ǀʼai
!Kung (Vedder): ǀxʼai
!O!Kung (Bleek) : ǀxʼe ~ xʼɛ "foot" // ǀai "leg"
Tsumkwe : ǀxʼái
Tsintsabis : ǀxʼái
Okongo : ǀxʼái
Leeunes : ǀxái
Mpunguvlei : ǀxái
Cuito : ǀxái
Cuando : ǀxái
South Omatako : ǀxʼái
North Omatako : ǀxʼái
Kameeldoring : ǀxʼái
Lister : ǀxʼái
Notes : A few of the dialects are recorded as having velar fricative -x- for the efflux by Snyman; reasons unclear. The only similar case (although with slightly different dialectal distribution) is *ǀǀxʼòà "to send" q.v.
References : Bleek 122, 268, 307, 316, 337, 338-9, 363, 364; Dickens 81; Snyman 58; Snyman 1997: 82.
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