South Khoisan (Taa subgroup) etymology : Query result

Proto-Taa : *lâ

Meaning : person

!Xoong : tâa 3 I; tāʔa (North), lāʔa (South) (Mg.)

Masarwa : da, la̰, la̰a̰, lāa

|Nu//en : da

!Xoong derivates : tâa à̰a 2 II, pl. ||xã̀ 2 II "man, husband"; tâa qáe 2 II, pl. |ã̰̀ 2 II "woman, wife"; tâa à̰a-bè-sè / tâa à̰a-bè-tê 3 II, pl. -tû 4 II "whatsisname, whatshername, whatyoumaycallit"

Notes : In !Xóõ cf. also dialectal variant lâa. See also *tû 'person'.

References : Bleek 19, 129; Maingard 1958: 100; Traill 154, 191.