Note1: the word is used in compounds.

Note2: The most cognate words in the Khoe-Kwadi group mean 'woman' or 'female', but not 'left'. I added the direction of the shift because of this. However, two cognates also have the meaning 'left'. So the question remains: was it the meaning in the proto-language too, and has it simply faded over time? In that case, it could possibly be syncretism (the undirected connection of meanings), or the common association of the meaning 'left' with the meaning 'woman' (with direction)