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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *kómtV
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: box, frame
Russian meaning: ящик, рама
Turkic: *Komta
Tungus-Manchu: *komta-n
Japanese: *kámátí
Comments: A reconstruction *kómVtV ( ~ -t`-) is also not excluded (and perhaps would account better for the PJ form).
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *Komta
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: box
Russian meaning: ящик
Tatar: qumta
Khakassian: xomdɨ
Oyrat: qomda
Tuva: χomdu
Bashkir: qumta
Comments: VEWT 279, ЭСТЯ 6, 6. Relation to Mong. qobdu is hardly possible.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *komta-n
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: cover, box
Russian meaning: крышка, коробка
Negidal: komtaxan
Ulcha: qōmta(n)
Nanai: qomtã
Oroch: kumta(n)
Comments: ТМС 1, 409.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *kámátí
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: door frame
Russian meaning: дверная рама
Tokyo: kàmachi
Kyoto: kámáchí
Kagoshima: kamáchi
Comments: JLTT 431. In OJ kamati is attested only in the meaning 'cheek-bone(s)', while RJ has kàfàti id. This is possibly a specialization of the meaning 'frame, door-frame', additionally (in MJ) influenced by káfó 'face'.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *komtV
Meaning: covering, lid
Altaic: *kómtV (also *ki̯àntú a k. of vessel)
Uralic: *komta (also *konte 'basket'?)
References: МССНЯ 356; ND 891 *kom(i)dE 'basket, vessel', 892 *kom(V)ṭV 'to cover; lid, cover' (assuming a distinction on the basis of Uralic, but then also deriving from 892 PA *kumi 'eyebrows, hair on temples'?). For *konte cf. Sem. *kand- 'jug', PNC *kwVmdarV 'jar'?
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1347
Proto: *komta
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: cover, lid
German meaning: Deckel
Finnish: kansi (gen. kannen) 'Deckel'
Estonian: kaas (gen. kaane)
Saam (Lapp): goaw'de -wd- (N) 'opening under something; projecting roof; roof on posts, without walls', ki̊ømte (T) 'äußere Fläche', kītt-ki̊ømte 'äußere Handfläche', koampløs (K) 'Deckel'
Mordovian: kunda (E M), kundo (E) 'Deckel', śeĺḿe-kuno, śeĺḿi-kunda, śeĺḿe-kundo (E), śeĺmo-kuna (M) 'Augenlid'
Mari (Cheremis): komδǝ̑š (KB U) 'Deckel', šinća-komdǝ̑š (B) 'Augenlid'
Komi (Zyrian): śin-kud (Wied.) 'Augenlid', kud-ki̮d (Ud.) 'Deckel (des Korbes)', kud (Skr.) 'покров'
Sammalahti's version: *komta
Addenda: Liv. kō̮ńtš (pl. kō̮ndǝ̑D)
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