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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *ĺekleKV
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: a k. of aquatic bird
Russian meaning: вид водоплавающей птицы
Turkic: *[j]eglek
Mongolian: *deglej
Tungus-Manchu: *leg(l)ek-
Comments: A Western isogloss; no doubt, onomatopoeic in origin, but interlanguage loans seem to be excluded in this case.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *[j]eglek
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: stork
Russian meaning: аист
Turkish: leglek
Azerbaidzhan: läjläk
Comments: VEWT 316 (hardly from Arab.)
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *deglej
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: heron
Russian meaning: цапля
Written Mongolian: deglei (L 213: degelei)
Khalkha: deglij
Buriat: xüxe deglɨ
Kalmuck: deglɛ̄
Ordos: göχö degelī
Comments: KW 85.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *leg(l)ek-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: a k. of duck
Russian meaning: вид утки (утка-казарка)
Evenki: leɣegdi, liglakī, ilagli
Even: ịlъ̣ɣlịqa, dial. niglij 'goose'
Comments: ТМС 1, 304, 498, 515, 589. Evk. > Dolg. laglɨ, see Stachowski 172.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ĺVkĺVkV ?
Meaning: a k. of bird
Borean: Borean
Altaic: *ĺekleKV
Eskimo-Aleut: *lǝqlǝʁ
Chukchee-Kamchatkan: *jaq ~ *ĺaqjaq чайка
References: Suggested by V. Glumov.
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Eskimo etymology :

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Proto-Eskimo: *lǝqlǝʁ
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: goose
Russian meaning: гусь
Proto-Yupik: *lǝqlǝʁ
Proto-Inupik: *liʁli[ʁ]
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 231
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Yupik etymology :

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Proto-Yupik: *lǝqlǝʁ
Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology
Meaning: goose
Russian Meaning: гусь
Sirenik: lǝχɫǝχ 'grey goose'
Chaplino: lǝ́χɫǝq (ʁǝt)
Naukan: ɫǝ́qɫǝq 'swan'
Koniag (AAY): nǝqɫǝq 'grey beach goose'
Central Alaskan Yupik: nǝqɫǝq (ʁ) 'white-fronted goose'
Norton Sound (Peripheral): lǝqɫǝq (ʁ) 'white-fronted goose'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 231
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Inupik etymology :

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Proto-Inupik: *liʁli[ʁ]
Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology
Meaning: goose
Russian meaning: гусь
Seward Peninsula Inupik: liʁliq
SPI Dialects: Imaq lɨ́ʁlɨq 'white goose', ɫɨ́qɫɨq 'swan', W liʁʎiq* (ʎīk, ʎẹʁit) 'black brant', [Ras.] niʁliq 'brant goose'
North Alaskan Inupik: nɨʁlɨq (ʁ)
NAI Dialects: B nẹʁʎiq* 'black brant', Qaw liʁliq 'Canada goose', Mal (Norton) lerlivik* 'brant goose' [Ras.]
Western Canadian Inupik: niʁliʁniq 'small wild duck, brant'
WCI Dialects: Cor niʁʎivik* 'rookery of brants' Car niʁliʁniq 'barnacle goose' [Ras.], Cop niʁlivik 'white-fronted goose' [Lowe], Car (Ahiarmiut) liʁliq 'goose' [Dor.], EP niʁliq, liʁliq 'bean goose' [Ow.]
Eastern Canadian Inupik: niʁliq 'Canada goose'
Greenlandic Inupik: niʁɫiq (ʁ) (nerdleq*) 'goose'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 231
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Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology :

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Proto-Chukchee-Kamchatkan: *ĺeq-ju
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning (Rus.): чайка
Proto-Chukchee-Koryak: *ʒạq-ʒạq ", *ĺạqĺụ
Proto-Itelmen: *jeq-jeq "
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Chukchee-Koryak etymology :

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Proto-Chukchee-Koryak: *ʒạq-ʒạq ", *ĺạqĺụ
Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology: Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology
Meaning (Rus.): чайка
Chukchee: j(ʔ)ájaq " (jajʔá-ɣǝpǝ abl.), (АБ) jʔajaq
Koryak: jaq-jaq " (III)
Palan: ĺaqǝĺ, ĺaqĺu-wwi pl., ĺaqĺo-
Alutor: jaq-jaq "
Comments: В пал. переразложение редуплицированной основы *ĺaqĺaq.
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Itelmen etymology :

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Proto-Itelmen: *jaq-jaq ", *'ĺaqqa-
Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology: Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology
Meaning (Rus.): чайка
Itelmen: jaq-jaq " (jaqjaq-'an poss.)
Itelmen meaning: чайка
West Itelmen: 'ǝk-ẹk ('ǝk-ek-in pl.) 1, ĺakka-č dim. (ĺakka-n-č pl.) 2
West Itelmen meaning: venellus cristatus 1, hirundo riparia 2
West Itelmen meaning (Polish): czajka 1, jaskóɫka 2
Number in Volodin 1976: 29, 166
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : LVKV
Meaning : goose
Eurasiatic : *ĺVkĺVkV
Afroasiatic : Sem. *laḳlaḳ- 'stork'
Amerind (misc.) : *laq̇ (*laq̇laq̇) 'goose' (R 329) [+ A]
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