Proto-!Wi : *g|ʔɛ
Stems : *g|ʔɛ-i; *g|ʔɛi-ti
Meaning : woman
|Xam : |a "fem. ending" (B.); |ā́ïti, |āitye, |áityi (B.); |āiti (Ll.)
//Ng : |aiti, |aiki, |gaiki, |gaiti, |gēki; ||ke |a "girl"; ||koẽ̄n-|ā "old woman"
N|huki : |aake, |eeki
#Khomani : |keici "girl" (Dk.); ||kai |ʔa "girl", |ʔaʔa "servant girl" (Mg.); |ʔaice, |ʔaici, |ʔeici, |keiki (Mg.)
//Kxau : |a+ti', |au
//Ku//e : |āti
!Gã!ne : |a-ti "friendly; female"
//Xegwi (Batwa) : |āze
|Auni : |kẽ; |gēki; |gāke, |gākei "old woman"; |kan "woman", |kan ||gai "girl", |kane ||xabbe "young woman"
|Haasi : |ĩ
References : Bleek 267-268, 270, 271, 274, 275, 278, 292, 296, 298, 300, 302, 307, 308, 584; \X<1.144>NFn; Maingard 239; Meinhof 1929\x: 185.
