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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *bi̯ònV
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: a k. of predator
Russian meaning: вид хищного животного
Turkic: *bAnu
Tungus-Manchu: *bońa
Comments: A Turk.-Tung. isogloss. Palatalized *-ń- in TM is a secondary assimilation result. The root must have denoted some wild predator. It is tempting to compare similar forms in Mong. and Jpn., denoting some (mythical?) aquatic predator: PJ *bàni 'crocodile', WMong. (БАМРС) banuqai 'a rare aquatic creature, dwelling in water during daytime and on the shore during nighttime' - but the semantic change seems too far-fetched.
altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-tung,altet-reference,

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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *bAnu
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: wild cat
Russian meaning: дикая кошка
Old Turkic: manu (OUygh.)
Tatar: manul
Tuva: manɨ
Comments: EDT 767. Turk. > Kalm. manl, Dag. manū (Тод. Даг. 153) (probably contaminated with Mong. proper malur < *malul q. v. sub *máĺe). Uygh. molun 'wild cat' may be a mongolism.
turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-atu,turcet-tat,turcet-tuv,turcet-reference,

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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *bońa
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: a big monkey
Russian meaning: большая обезьяна
Spoken Manchu: moni 'monkey' (2212); boni 'year of the monkey' (2724)
Literary Manchu: bońo, mońo
Jurchen: bo-noŋ (151)
Comments: ТМС 1, 94, 545. The secondarily nasalized Manchu form mońo was borrowed in Sol., Oroch, Ud., Ul., Nan. mońo and Dag. (Тод. Даг. 155) mońō 'monkey', Kh. mońō `male young of monkey'.
tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-sib,tunget-man,tunget-chu,tunget-reference,

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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *bVnV
Meaning: a k. of predator
Altaic: *bi̯ònV
Dravidian: *vēŋ-
nostret-meaning,nostret-alt,nostret-drav,

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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *vēŋ-
Meaning : tiger, leopard
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *vēŋ-ai
Proto-Telugu : *vēŋ-
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *vēŋ-al-
dravet-meaning,dravet-prnum,dravet-sdr,dravet-tel,dravet-gnd,

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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *vēŋ-ai
Meaning : tiger
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : vēŋkai
Tamil meaning : tiger
Malayalam : vēŋŋa
Malayalam meaning : royal tiger
Number in DED : 5521
sdret-meaning,sdret-prnum,sdret-tam,sdret-tammean,sdret-mal,sdret-malmean,sdret-dednum,

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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *vēŋ-
Meaning : tiger
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : vē̃gi
Number in DED : 5521
telet-meaning,telet-prnum,telet-tel_1,telet-dednum,

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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *vēŋ-al-
Meaning : leopard
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Proto-Gondi : *vēŋal-
gndet-meaning,gndet-prnum,gndet-gon,

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Gondi etymology :

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Proto-Gondi : *vēŋal-
Meaning : leopard
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Koya Gondi : vēngālam (T)
Number in DED : 5521
gonet-meaning,gonet-prnum,gonet-gondi_ko,gonet-dednum,

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