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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *k`èpà
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: husk, shell
Russian meaning: шелуха, скорлупа
Turkic: *kebü-
Mongolian: *kebe
Japanese: *kàpì
Comments: Turk. > WMong. kebeg, whence Mongor kawaG (TMN 3, 580, Щербак 1997, 127). One of several similar PA roots (see *k`ā́p`a, *k`i̯ā̀bu, *gébó, *kìp`é).
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *kebü-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 straw 2 brushwood 3 rot, dandruff 4 to hull
Russian meaning: 1 солома 2 хворост 3 гниль, перхоть 4 шелушить
Old Turkic: kevük, kövük 1
Karakhanid: küviǯ 'rotten heartwood' (MK)
Turkish: kevik 1 (dial.) 1
Tatar: küzɛ- (dial.) 4
Middle Turkic: kevük (AH) 1
Uzbek: kȫzɛ- (dial.) 4
Turkmen: kövze- 4
Chuvash: kъʷvajt 2
Bashkir: kewek 3, kü(j)δɛ- 4
Comments: EDT 688 (but not < Sogd.), 689. Cf. also *köbŕe- (*kebŕe-?) 'to hull, pound in a mortar' (ЭСТЯ 5, 81, 82).
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *kebe
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: husks, chaff
Russian meaning: шелуха, мякина
Written Mongolian: kebe
Buriat: xebe
Kalmuck: kewǝ
Shary-Yoghur: kǝwǝ 'bran'
Comments: KW 229.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *kàpì
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 egg 2 shell
Russian meaning: 1 яйцо 2 скорлупа
Old Japanese: kapjigwo 1, kapji 1, 2
Middle Japanese: kàfìgò 1, kàfì 1, 2
Tokyo: kái 2
Kyoto: káì 2
Kagoshima: kaí 2
Nase: kùgá 1
Hateruma: kɛ́ 1
Yonakuni: káíNù 1
Comments: JLTT 433. The Tokyo accent points to a variant *kàpí.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ḳVpV
Meaning: husk
Indo-European: *k'op-
Altaic: *k`èpà
References: Cf. PAN *kapis 'shell'?
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *k'Ap-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: sweepings
Old Indian: śā́pa- m. `floating wood or other substances'
Baltic: *čap-a- c.
Russ. meaning: плавник (мусор)
References: WP I 345
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *čap-a- c.
Meaning: straw
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: šãpa-s `Halm, Hachel von Stroh, trocknes Ästchen, Schuppe, Stäubchen, kleines Stück, Splitter', pl. šãpai `Rückstand, den die Überschwemmung auf den Feldern zurücklässt; mehrere zerstreute Halme, Stroh-, Heuhalme'
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 841
Root: kā̆po-
English meaning: things that float in water
German meaning: `vom Wasser Fortgeschwemmtes'
Material: Ai. śā́pa- m. `was fließendes Wasser mit sich führt, Trift, Geflößtes', śāpēṭa- m. `angeschwemmtes Schilf u. dgl.'; lit. šãpai `verstreute Halme, Rückstand, den eine Überschwemmung auf den Feldern zurückläßt', šãpas `Halm, Stroh, Ast'.
References: WP. I 345, Specht Idg. Dekl. 27.
Pages: 529
PIE database: PIE database
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