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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *li̯òmù
Meaning: bow
Russian meaning: лук
Turkic: *jüm-
Mongolian: *lumu
Tungus-Manchu: *liam-
Japanese: *dùmì
Comments: The Jpn. word is hard to separate; initial d- is probably due to influence of *da 'arrow'. If this is the case, one would be also tempted to compare PTM *lukī 'arrow' and PJ *duki 'quiver' - with exactly the same Anlaut correlation. {But see also under *dḕgni}.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *jüm-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: bow, arrow
Russian meaning: лук, стрела
Chuvash: śǝʷmren, śǝʷmǝʷrlen
Comments: Федотов 2, 108-109.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *lumu
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: bow
Russian meaning: лук
Written Mongolian: numu(n) (L 595)
Middle Mongolian: numun (HY 18), numu (SH), nomu (IM), nŭmu (MA)
Khalkha: nom, num
Buriat: nomo
Kalmuck: numṇ, nomṇ
Ordos: numu
Dagur: nem (Тод. Даг. 157)
Shary-Yoghur: nǝmǝn
Monguor: lumu (SM 227) (MGCD numu)
Comments: KW 279, 281, MGCD 518.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *liam-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 bow 2 to shoot
Russian meaning: 1 лук 2 стрелять
Evenki: nēmkī 1, (Sym. arch.) lē̂man 'loop of a bow string'
Even: nǟm 'bow-string', nemkъn 'shooting'
Negidal: nemku- 1
Orok: lajmatčị 'strap for tying together parts of harpoon'
Comments: ТМС 1, 496, 620-621.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *dùmì
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: bow
Russian meaning: лук
Old Japanese: jumji
Middle Japanese: jùmì
Tokyo: yumí
Kyoto: yúmì
Kagoshima: yùmí
Comments: JLTT 579.
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