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Proto-Altaic: *kŏ̀k`è
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: breast, to suck; heart
Russian meaning: грудь (ж.), сосать; сердце
Turkic: *göküŕ
Mongolian: *kökön
Tungus-Manchu: *xuku-n / *kuku-n
Korean: *kokăi-
Japanese: *kǝ̀kǝ̀rǝ
Comments: Poppe 108, Колесникова 1972а, 78-84, Цинциус 1984, 106-107, Martin 248, Murayama 1962, 111, АПиПЯЯ 15, 32, 280, JOAL 147, Дыбо 13, Лексика 272-273, TMN 1, 482 ("Elementarverwandtschaft?"), Doerfer MT 142. Mongolian and TM have a parallel verbal stem 'to suck (breast)', thus the probable semantic development here is 'to suck (breast)' > '(female) breast' > 'breast (in general)' > 'heart'.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *göküŕ (/*gögüŕ), *Kökrek
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 breast 2 middle of the back 3 reason, sense, emotion 4 female breast
Russian meaning: 1 грудь 2 поясница, середина спины 3 женская грудь
Old Turkic: kögüz 1, 3 (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: kögüz 1 (MK)
Turkish: göɣüs 1, kökrek 1 (dial.)
Tatar: kögüs 1 (dial., КСТТ), kükrɛk 1, 4
Middle Turkic: kögs, kögüs (Sangl.), köküs (MA) 1, kökrek (Abush., Бор. Бад.) 1
Uzbek: kụks 1, 3, kɔkräk 1, 4
Uighur: köküs 1, kökräk 1
Sary-Yughur: köküs, gȫs 1
Azerbaidzhan: köks, köküs 1
Turkmen: gövüs 1, kükrek 1
Khakassian: kögis 1
Shor: kögüs 1
Oyrat: kögüs 1, 3
Chuvash: kъʷgъʷr 1
Yakut: köɣüs 2
Dolgan: köksü 'back'
Kirghiz: kökürök 1
Kazakh: kökirek 1
Noghai: kökirek 1
Bashkir: kükräk 1
Balkar: kökürek 1
Gagauz: gǖs 1
Karaim: kökis 1, kökräk 1
Karakalpak: kökirek 1
Salar: göfrix 4?
Kumyk: kökürek 1
Comments: EDT 714, VEWT 288, ЭСТЯ 3, 54-55, 5, 136-137, Лексика 272-274, Stachowski 155. The Oghuz forms with k- (Turkm. kükrek, Tur. dial. kökrek) may be < Kypchak, cf. -ü- instead of -ö- in Turkm.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *kökön
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: breast (fem.), nipple
Russian meaning: грудь (женская), сосок
Written Mongolian: kökü(n), köke(n) (L 482, 483)
Middle Mongolian: kokan (SH), keuke (IM), kukän (MA)
Khalkha: xöx
Buriat: xüxe(n)
Kalmuck: kökṇ
Ordos: göχö
Dongxian: gogo
Baoan: kugo
Shary-Yoghur: hgön
Monguor: kugo (SM 208)
Mogol: kökä; ZM kukä (2-8a)
Comments: KW 237, MGCD 403. Mong. > Manchu (sp.) xuxuŋ (see TMN 1, 481), probably also Jurch. xuxun (541).
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *xuku-n / *kuku-n
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: breast (fem.)
Russian meaning: грудь (жен.)
Evenki: ukun
Even: ökъn
Negidal: öxön / ökön
Spoken Manchu: ohǝ 'armpit'(67)
Literary Manchu: oxo, oGo 'armpit'
Ulcha: kue(n), kuku(n)
Orok: qū(n), qō(n)
Nanai: kū(n)
Oroch: oko(n)
Udighe: koso` (Корм. 251)
Solon: uxũ 'milk'
Comments: Formally derived from TM *xuku- 'to suck (breast)', see ТМС 2, 254-255.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *kokăi-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: heart of wood, pith, core
Russian meaning: сердцевина
Modern Korean: kogäŋi
Middle Korean: kokăijaŋ
Comments: Nam 45, KED 134.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *kǝ̀kǝ̀rǝ
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: heart
Russian meaning: сердце
Old Japanese: kokoro
Middle Japanese: kòkòró
Tokyo: kokóro
Kyoto: kókòrò
Kagoshima: kokoró
Nase: kṑró
Shuri: kúkúrú
Hateruma: ku_̀kùrú
Yonakuni: kùgùrù
Comments: JLTT 454. Accent is not quite clear: all dialects and RJ point probably to a low tone on first syllable (except Tokyo: the origin of type 2 in trisyllables is obscure); Kagoshima can reflect any structure with this characteristics; Kyoto points rather to *kǝ̀kǝ̀rǝ̀, as opposed to the attested kǝ̀kǝ̀rǝ́.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *koḳV
Meaning: breast, belly
Altaic: *kŏ̀k`è
Uralic: *koktV
Dravidian: *koŋ(k)-
References: ND 608 *g/koḲE(rV) 'chest, breast' (+ Chad.?).
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1343
Proto: *koktV
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: belly
German meaning: Bauch
Finnish: kohtu 'Mutterleib; Gebärmutter; Schoß' ( > Saam. N goaŧŧo -ŧ- ~ goatto -đ- 'womb, uterus')
Estonian: kõht (gen. kõhu) 'Bauch, Magen'
Udmurt (Votyak): ke̮t (S), kȯt (K), ke̮t (G) 'Bauch; das Innere des Menschen, Herz, Busen; Magen, Herz', ke̮to (S G), kȯto (K) 'schwanger'
Komi (Zyrian): kot-ku (I) 'брюшина, низ живота', ke̮ta (P) 'trächtig (v. Kühen)'
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *koŋ(k)-
Meaning : woman's breast, nipple
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *Koŋ-
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *kaŋ-
Notes : A Tamil-Kui isogloss (vocalism not quite clear).
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *Koŋ-
Meaning : woman's breast
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : koŋkai
Tamil meaning : woman's breast, protuberance of a tree
Malayalam : koŋka
Malayalam meaning : woman's breast
Malayalam derivates : koŋkacci, koŋkicci woman with full breasts
Number in DED : 2038
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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *kaŋ-
Meaning : nipple
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *kaŋ-
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Kui-Kuwi etymology :

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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *kaŋ-
Meaning : nipple, teat
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Kui : kanguṛi
Number in DED : 2038
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