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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *lalV
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: weak, exasperated
Russian meaning: слабый, измотанный
Turkic: *jalk-
Mongolian: *nal-, *nalk-
Tungus-Manchu: *lali-
Comments: A Western isogloss.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *jal-k-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to suffer pain, be nauseated, hate
Russian meaning: чувствовать боль, тошноту, отвращение
Karakhanid: jalq- (MK)
Middle Turkic: jalqɨ- (Pav. C.)
Yakut: sal-t-
Comments: EDT 924, VEWT 183, ЭСТЯ 4, 14-15. Note that modern Kypch. and Sib. forms meaning 'lazy, be lazy' (jalqɨ-, ǯalqɨ-) do not belong here but are rather borrowed < Mong. ǯalka- having a quite different origin (see under *ǯeĺo). On the other hand, cf. the common Turkic derivative *jal-ta-, perhaps reflected in the above Yak. form, as well as in Turkm. jalta, Shor čaltak, Khak. čaltɨ 'lazy', Tur. jaltak 'bootlicker' etc. (see ЭСТЯ 4, 101-102).
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *nal-, *nalk-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: be faint, drowsy, weak
Russian meaning: быть слабым, терять сознание
Written Mongolian: nalqaji-; (L 561:) nalaji- 'be slow, sluggish'
Khalkha: nalxaj-, nalmi-gar
Buriat: nalaj- 2
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *lali-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: be hungry, weak, exasperated
Russian meaning: быть голодным, слабым, изнемочь
Negidal: lal-
Literary Manchu: lala-
Orok: lallụ-
Nanai: lalị-
Oroch: lali-
Udighe: lali-
Comments: ТМС 1, 489.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *lalV
Meaning: weak
Altaic: *lalV
Uralic: *läwlǝ 'heavy, difficult, bad'?
Kartvelian: *lele-
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 475
Proto: *läwlǝ
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: heavy
German meaning: schwer
Finnish: läyli (gen. läylen) 'schwer, lästig, drückend', läylä 'Schwermütigkeit; ausgebreitet, lose, locker, naßkalt'
Estonian: läila 'widerlich, häßlich'
Saam (Lapp): lieulos, leulok (R), le̯'ш̯lɛs (Wfs.) 'schwer', livs, liū̯л(a), attr. liuл`s (T) ? [possibly < Finn.]
Mari (Cheremis): nelǝ (KB), nele (U), lelǝ (J), lele (M, B) 'schwer, schwierig; Schwere'
Khanty (Ostyak): лiл (Trj. Mj.) 'kalt', ɵüɵ (Likr.) 'Kälte im Frühjahr' ?
Mansi (Vogul): (ĺōĺ (TJ), ĺǖĺ (KU), ĺüĺ, lül (P), ĺūĺ (So.) 'schlecht' - rejected by Redei)
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *lele-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: недотепа
English meaning: good-for-nothing
Georgian: lele
Megrel: lala
Megrel meaning (Rus.): ängstlich, arm, faul
Megrel meaning (Eng.): ängstlich, arm, faul
Notes and references: EWK 219. Ср. алт. *lalV 'слабый, раздраженный'.
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