Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *k`i̯ŭnu

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: to long for, covet (sexually)

Russian meaning: желать, вожделеть (сексуально)

Turkic: *Kɨn-

Mongolian: *kina-

Tungus-Manchu: *(x)on-

Japanese: *kunank-

Comments: KW 231 (Turk.-Mong.). See also notes to *gū̀no.

Turkic etymology :

Proto-Turkic: *Kɨn-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 to long for, covet, to be obsessed with 2 to long (sexually) 3 coire

Russian meaning: 1 желать, стремиться 2 желать (сексуально) 3 coire

Old Turkic: qɨn- 1 (OUygh.)

Karakhanid: qɨn- 1 (MK)

Turkish: kɨn- 1, 2

Khakassian: xɨn-, xɨnɨx- 1, 2

Shor: qɨn- 1

Oyrat: qɨn-, qɨnɨq- 1

Chuvash: xъnъx- 1

Yakut: kɨn- 3

Kirghiz: qɨnɨq- 1

Comments: VEWT 264, EDT 632, ЭСТЯ 6, 632.

Mongolian etymology :

Proto-Mongolian: *kina-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to investigate, observe, trace

Russian meaning: исследовать, наблюдать, следить

Written Mongolian: kina- (L 469)

Khalkha: x́ana-

Buriat: xina-

Ordos: kina-

Dagur: kinima 'careful, cautious'

Comments: MGCD 353.

Tungus etymology :

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *(x)on-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 to search (for lost deer) 2 to wait 3 domestic reindeer trained for searching wild deer

Russian meaning: 1 искать (потерявшихся оленей) 2 ждать 3 олень-манщик

Evenki: onī- 1, ondōgdo 3

Even: ōnmъ̣t- 2, ondā- 1, ondad 3

Negidal: ondogdo 3

Comments: ТМС 2, 19. Cf. perhaps also Manchu ondo- 'to caper; to rape' ( > Dag. ondō-, see Тод. Даг. 159); Nan. χonolị- 'to mock' (ТМС 1, 470) - which would confirm the reconstruction of *x- and fit the original meaning 'to covet (sexually)'. Evk. ondogdo > Dolg. ondōdo (see Stachowski 193).

Japanese etymology :

Proto-Japanese: *kunank-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: coire, have sexual intercourse

Russian meaning: coire, иметь половые сношения

Old Japanese: kunagap(j)i (n.)

Middle Japanese: kunag-

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *gʷVnV

Meaning: to covet sexually

Borean: Borean

Altaic: *k`i̯unu

Kartvelian: *gen-

Dravidian: *keṇ-

References: ND 1081 *Ḳa[G]En̄a 'be hungry/thirsty, desire, long for' (compares part of Alt. with IE *kank- 'be dry, thirsty, hungry'?+ Cush. and occasional Berb.; on Ural. see under *keńV).

Kartvelian etymology :

Proto-Kartvelian: *gen-

Nostratic: Nostratic

Russian meaning: теленок; сосать вымя

English meaning: calf; to suck (udder)

Georgian: gen-

Megrel: gan-, gen-, gin-

Laz: gen-, ǯen-

Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 59-60, EWK 78-79. Ср. ПИЕ *ǵenǝ- 'рождать(ся)', ?алт. *k(`)iŋu 'человек; народ, племя'.

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *keṇ-

Meaning : to arouse, irritate; to have sexual intercourse

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *keṇ-

Proto-Telugu : *ceṇ-

Proto-North Dravidian : *qen-

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *keṇ-

Meaning : to provoke, irritate

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Malayalam : kiṇayuka

Malayalam meaning : to quarrel, become angry

Kannada : keṇaku

Kannada meaning : to irritate, provoke, by words or deeds

Tulu : keṇakuni, keṇkuni, kenakuni

Tulu meaning : to provoke, irritate, kindle

Number in DED : 1944

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *ceṇ-

Meaning : to touch, stir up, provoke; n. a touch

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : ceṇaku

Dialectal forms (1) : ceṇuku

Additional forms : Also [1] cenaku, [2] cenayu to touch, oppose, rush against, (K also for cenaku) have sexual intercourse with another woman

Number in DED : 1944

North Dravidian etymology :

Proto-North-Dravidian : *qen-

Meaning : to have intercourse with (a female)

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : xennā (xinnyas)

Number in DED : 1944

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : KVNV

Meaning : to covet sexually

Eurasiatic : *gʷVnV

Afroasiatic : *kVHn- (Cush. in ND 1081, Sem. in ND 1084, 1085) ?

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