Proto-!Wi : *ʘV
Meaning : young; child
|Xam : ʘu̥á "little, young" (B.); ʘpāxai, ʘaxai, ʘpo̥āxʔai "daughter" (B.); ʘaʘaide "granddaughter" (B.); ʘoṅ, ʘōnde, ʘpuandē_ "sons" (B.); ʘpu̥ắ "little, young" (Ll.); ʘpu̥ŏṅ "son" (Ll.); ʘpu̥axai "daughter" (Ll.); ʘpu̥ăʘpu̥áiddi "grandson" (Ll.)
//Ng : ʘpwa "little"; ʘpwo(ŋ) "child, son"; ʘpwāxe "daughter"; ʘpwāno "father-in-law"; ʘpwanu "daughter-in-law"
N|huki : ʘun "small", ʘʷaaxe "daughter"
#Khomani : ʘkɔ̃ "son" (Dk.); ʘkwaxai "daughter" (Dk.); ʘpain "child" (Mg.); ʘʔwã "son" (Mg.); ʘʔwaxai "daughter" (Mg.)
//Kxau : ʘʔo "son"
//Ku//e : ʘpwɔ(n) "son"; ʘpāgati "daughter"; ʘpāti "child"; ʘpāxe "granddaughter"
!Gã!ne : ʘpwa, ʘpwa-si "child"
//Xegwi (Batwa) : ʘ̥ōŋ "son"; ʘ̥āre, ʘ̥āri "calf; child; little one"; ʘari "small", ʘõ "son" (LH)
|Auni : ʘpa, ʘpwa, ʘpwɔn "son"; ʘpwoe, ʘpwāxe "daughter"
|Haasi : ʘpxwa "child"; ʘxā "daughter"
Notes : The vocalism is extremely hard to establish here, especially considering that there are probably several vocalic bases. Most probable are the following reconstructions: (a) *ʘa "little, young"; (b) *ʘon "son" (although Maingard's ǂKhomani speaks rather in favour of *ʘoã); (c) *ʘa-xai "daughter". |Haasi ʘxā "daughter" < *ʘa-xa with reduction; |Haasi ʘpxwa "child" is not quite clear.
