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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *depo ( ~ -b-)
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: wet, soak
Russian meaning: мокрый, мокнуть
Turkic: *jẹbi-
Mongolian: *debte-
Tungus-Manchu: *deb-
Comments: KW 88. A Western isogloss.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *jẹbi-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to become wet, soak
Russian meaning: мокнуть
Karakhanid: jebe 'dampness' (MK)
Tatar: ǯebe-
Uzbek: ivi-
Uighur: ivi-
Shor: čibi-
Oyrat: d́ibi-
Chuvash: śǝʷve 'whey'
Yakut: sibīn- 'fresh'
Kirghiz: ǯibi-
Kazakh: žibi-
Noghai: jibi-
Bashkir: jebe-
Karaim: jibi-, ibi-
Karakalpak: žibi-
Kumyk: jibi-
Comments: EDT 872, VEWT 202, ЭСТЯ 4, 196-197. Except Uzb., Uygh., Chuv. and possibly Yak. all languages actually reflect *jẹp- (*jip-); the Inlaut stop may be a result of secondary gemination, or reflect a merger with some other root. Original voiced *-b- ( > -v-), however, is well preserved in the derivative *jẹbiĺ(č) 'wet' (Karaim jüvüš, Tat. jüwiš, Bashk. jĭvĭš). Turk. > Kalm. ǯī- 'durchnäßt werden' (KW 114; although phonology is somewhat strange: one would rather expect Kalm. ǯiw-).
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *debte-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to soak, become wet
Russian meaning: мокнуть
Written Mongolian: debte-, debtü- (L 239)
Khalkha: devte-
Buriat: debte-
Kalmuck: deptǝ-
Ordos: debte-
Dagur: debte- (Тод. Даг. 135), derte-
Shary-Yoghur: debtē-
Monguor: tǝbdē-, tudē- (SM 427)
Mogol: ZM debtäl- `to make fall into the water' (15-3a)
Comments: KW 88, MGCD 210. Cf. MMong. (SH) debul- 'to boil'.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *debe-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 paste, fool 2 to paint 3 paint
Russian meaning: 1 пастила, кисель 2 красить 3 краска
Evenki: dewe- 2
Even: dewe- 2
Negidal: dewekse 3
Literary Manchu: debse 1
Ulcha: dewekse 3
Orok: dewē- 2
Oroch: dewukse, dewekse 3
Comments: ТМС 1, 227, 228.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *dVHbV
Meaning: wet, dirty
Altaic: *depo ( ~ -b-)
Kartvelian: *dɣab-
Eskimo-Aleut: *iv=ju(ɣ)-, *ivǝʁa-
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *dɣab-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: марать
English meaning: to besmear
Georgian: dɣab-
Svan: dɣb-
Notes and references: EWK 115. Ср. ПИЕ *tep- 'смазывать, макать', алт. *depu- 'мочить', урал. *tappa- 'ощупывать, лепить', драв. *tapp- 'ощупывать': вероятная ностр. реконструкция - *deɣṗV (Иллич-Свитыч в МССНЯ 353 восстанавливает *ṭaṗV 'ощупывать').
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Eskimo etymology :

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Proto-Eskimo: *iv=ju(ɣ)-, *ivǝʁa-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: rain
Russian meaning: дождь
Proto-Yupik: *ivRuɣ
Proto-Inupik: *ivʁa-ʁ-, *iv-cu-
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 229
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Yupik etymology :

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Proto-Yupik: *ivRuɣ
Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology
Meaning: rain
Russian Meaning: дождь
Central Alaskan Yupik: ivzuk
Chevak (Peripheral): ivjuk
Norton Sound (Peripheral): ivzuk
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 229
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Inupik etymology :

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Proto-Inupik: *ivʁa-ʁ-, *iv-cu-
Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology
Meaning: to be wet from rain 1, rain 2
Russian meaning: вымокнуть под дождем 1, дождь 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: ivʁā̆niq 2
SPI Dialects: Imaq ijána/ɨq 'rain', ijánaûvaq, janávaq 'big rain', janíʁaɣa neg. 'the rain is over', jaʁáûʁaɣa 'to drizzle', Di ijannaq* 2, jaχχaq- 'to drizzle', W ivąktoq* 1, ivʁanẹqtoq* 'to be rain', KI jiχχiq- 'to drizzle'
NAI Dialects: Ingl ivvaqtoq* 1, Qaw ivʁaniq 2
Western Canadian Inupik: ifsulɨk- 1
WCI Dialects: Car Baker Lake ivʁaʁniq 'moderately soft snow' [Dor.]
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 229, 148
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