Proto-!Wi : *|a̰
Meaning : snake
|Xam : |k"ā́ū̇ "black snake" (B.)
//Ng : |k"ase; |k"aū "long yellow snake"
N|huki : |a̰a̰-si, |ã̰ã̰-si
#Khomani : =|kxʔau
//Kxau : |hạ̃, |ã
Notes : The forms with the velar affricate efflux should probably be distinguished from forms with the zero efflux as later borrowings from Khoekhoe.
References : Bleek 286, 294, 335, 338; Meinhof 1929: 187; NFn.
