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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *k`ăbo
Meaning: to deceive
Russian meaning: обманывать
Comments: The vowel *-ǝ̄- in Kor. must be due to contraction.
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *Kob-
Meaning: 1 to slander 2 conjuration, exorcism
Russian meaning: 1 клеветать 2 заклинание
Old Turkic: qovla- 1 (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: qovuz, qovuč 2 (MK) Turkish: kovu, kovɨ (dial.) 'slander'
Middle Turkic: qov 'slander' (AH) Yakut: xobulā- 1
Comments: ЭСТЯ 6, 17-18, EDT 584, Clark 1977, 147. Turk. > WMong. qob 'gossip' (KW 181), whence again Oyr. qop etc. (VEWT 281). Despite EDT 584, hardly connected with *Kob- 'to chase' (v. sub *gŏ̀bè). turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-atu,turcet-krh,turcet-trk,turcet-chg,turcet-jak,turcet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *kaɣur-
Meaning: to deceive
Russian meaning: обманывать
Written Mongolian: qaɣur- (L 910) Khalkha: xūra-
Buriat: xūra-
Kalmuck: xūr-
Ordos: xūr-
Comments: KW 201. Mong. qaɣurmaɣči 'deceiver, liar' > Manchu qarmaǯi 'dishonest' (see Rozycki 134). monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-hal,monget-bur,monget-kal,monget-ord,monget-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *xab-
Meaning: 1 to go mad 2 evil spirit 3 to grizzle 4 to be angry, clamorous
Russian meaning: 1 сходить с ума 2 злой дух 3 привередничать, кокетничать, капризничать 4 сердиться, ругаться; болтать, шуметь
Evenki: awūl- 4
Even: awụr- 4
Literary Manchu: abura- 4
Ulcha: χaụn, χabdarị 2, χaụn- 1
Orok: χaụ-s 'замертво'
Nanai: χaõ 'dizziness', χoan- 3
Comments: ТМС 1, 10, 457, 467. Manch. > Orok. abura-. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-evn,tunget-man,tunget-ulc,tunget-ork,tunget-nan,tunget-reference,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *kǝ̄-
Meaning: lie, deceit
Russian meaning: ложь, обман
Modern Korean: kǝ̄ǯit, kāǯit [-s]
Middle Korean: kǝ̄-čɨ́s (čɨ́s = čɨ̄ń 'shape, appearance')
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *ḳawV
Meaning: to plan evil
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *kaw-
Meaning: to be/make evil
Old Greek: {kaunós = kakós, sklērós Hsch. - wanted!}; kâu̯ro-s (on the accent, v. r.I.193) = kakós, Soph.
Russ. meaning: причинять зло
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Vasmer's dictionary :
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Word: куня́ть
Near etymology: "дремать, клевать носом", укр. куня́ти, сербохорв. ку́њати "дремать", чеш. okouněti "медлить, глазеть, ротозейничать", слвц. оkúňаt᾽sа "нехотя работать".
Further etymology: Родственно лтш. kavêt, -ẽju 1) "проводить время", 2) "задерживать, мешкать"; см. М.--Э. 2, 181 и сл. Возм., чеш. и слвц. слова следует отделять от прочих; см. Бернекер 1, 645 (с литер.).
Pages: 2,418
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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *kaũn-a- adj., *kū̃w-ē̂- vb.
Meaning: shame, evil
Lithuanian: kūvḗti-s (kū̃vi-s) 'sich schämen'
Lettish: kàuns `Schmach, Schande, Scham', kàunêt (-ẽju) 'beschämen', kaûtrs(/ kàutrs2 Warkl.) 'furchtsam, schüchtern, blöde', kaûtra, -e (/ pl. kàutras2 Warkl.) `Ekel, Widerwille; Zögern, Unentschlossenkeit'
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *xaunia-, *xauna-z, -ō; *xawid=
Meaning: humble
Gothic: haun-s `humble'
Old Norse: { hāδ 'Spott, Hohn' }
Old English: hēan `low, mean, abject, poor, humbled, humble'
Old Frisian: hāna `beschädigt'
Middle Dutch: hoon m. ` krenking, smaad, hoon, bedrog, verleiding, schandaad', hōne f.
Dutch: hoon m.
Middle Low German: hōn m.
Old High German: hōni `verachtet, im Schmach lebend' (9.Jh.); hōna f. `Hohn' (9.Jh.)
Middle High German: hōn st. m. 'hohn, schmach'; hȫne 'verachtet, in schmach lebend; durch schmähung an der ehre kränkend, übermütig, zornig; stolz; gefährlich'
German: Hohn m.
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 855
Root: kau-
English meaning: to put down, discourage
German meaning: `erniedrigen, demütigen'
Derivatives: kau-no-s `Schande, Scham'
Material: Gr. καυνός κακός (σκληρός, in letzterer Bed. zu καίω, Schulze KZ. 29 270 Anm. 1) Hes. und καυρός (oder καυ̃ρος) κακός, auch καυαρόν κακόν Hes.; got. hauns `niedrig, demütig' (haunjan `erniedrigen'), ahd. hōni `verachtet, elend, niedrig' (hōnen `schmähen, höhnen'), ags. hēan `niedrig, elend, erbärmlich' (hȳnan `schmähen'), ahd. hōnida, as. hōnða `Schande', afries. hānethe `Anklage', ahd. hōna `Hohn';
anord. hāð (*hawiþa-) n. `Spott', mhd. hūren `kauern';
lett. kàuns m. `Schmach, Schande, Scham', kàunêtiês `sich schämen, blöde sein', kàunîgs `schamhaft, verschämt, blöde';
lit. kūviúos, kūvė́tis `sich schämen'.
References: WP. I 330, Feist 249 f., Trautmann 122.
Pages: 535
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