khóé

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Khwe

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Etymology

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From Proto-Khoe *khóé. Cognate to ǁAni kʰóé.

Noun

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khóé

  1. person

Usage notes

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This word is sometimes used (as a bare uninflected stem) as an honorific second-person pronoun in greetings.

Further reading

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  • Christa Kilian-Hatz, A grammar of modern Khwe (central Khoisan) (2008)