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Proto-Altaic: *k`òké
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: plenty
Russian meaning: много, множество
Turkic: *kök
Mongolian: *kog-si-
Tungus-Manchu: *xugdi
Korean: *kɨh-
Japanese: *kǝ̀kǝ́-ta-
Comments: The meaning 'big' in Korean certainly derives from *'plentiful'. The match between Kor. khɨ- and Jpn. *kǝ̀kǝ́- appears quite satisfactory, despite the attempt of Vovin (2000) to link Kor. *hɨkɨ- with PJ *sùkùnà- 'few': it is hardly possible to analyse the Jpn. word as *'big'-does-not-exist, since all the existing compounds of this type are "noun+-na", not "adjective+-na", and anyway it is hardly possible to separate PJ *sùkùnà- 'few' (adj.) and *sùkùa-(si) 'few' (noun, adverb), see *si̯ŏ́k`ù.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *kök
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: healthy, big, thick
Russian meaning: здоровый, большой, толстый
Turkish: kök (dial.)
Middle Turkic: kök
Azerbaidzhan: kök
Halaj: kök
Comments: ЭСТЯ 5, 93. Turkic > Khalkha xöx 'massive (of muscles, flesh etc.)'
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *kog-si-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to become rich, wealthy
Russian meaning: богатеть
Written Mongolian: qoɣsi- (L 952)
Khalkha: xogši-
Buriat: xogšol 'property', xogšol- 'to become rich'
Ordos: xoGši-, GoGši-
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *xugdi
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 wide 2 capacious
Russian meaning: 1 широкий 2 емкий, вместительный
Ulcha: xugdi 1
Orok: xugǯi 1
Nanai: xugǯi 1, 2
Comments: ТМС 1, 474-475.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *kɨh-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: big
Russian meaning: большой
Modern Korean: khɨ-
Middle Korean: khɨ́-
Comments: Nam 455, KED 1679. The Kirim transcription 黑根 MC [xʌk-kʌn] may represent either *hɨkɨ- (as believed by Lee 1991, Ramsey 1993 and Vovin 2000) or *hkɨ- = *khɨ- < *kɨh-, keeping in mind the general uncertainty of Kirim transcriptions.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *kǝ̀kǝ́-ta-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: plenty, much
Russian meaning: много, множество
Old Japanese: kokoda
Middle Japanese: kòkóta
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ḳVkV
Meaning: large, many
Altaic: *k`òké
Uralic: *kokV
References: Suggested by V. Glumov.
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1344
Proto: *kokV
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: large, whole; size
German meaning: gross, ganz; Größe
Finnish: koko 'ganz, all, gesamt; Haufe(n), Größe', kokoa- 'sammeln, versammeln'
Estonian: kogu (gen. kou), kogo (gen. koo) 'Verein, Sammlung, Haufe, Menge; Körperfülle; Gesamtheit, ganz', kogu- 'sammeln, versammeln', koguni ;ganz, gar, durchaus' ( > Liv. kogìń, kogìńǝ̑z 'sogar, ganz und gar')
Saam (Lapp): kā̊kulatj (L) 'hochgewachsen, groß, stattlich', kŭ͔aGkn̨e- (K Kld.), kŭăɔkkAn̨e- (Ko. Not.) 'sich versammeln' [if not < Finn.]
Mari (Cheremis): koɣo (KB), kuɣu (U), kuɣo (B) 'groß; wichtig'
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