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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *lúŋa
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: a k. of fur animal
Russian meaning: вид пушного животного
Mongolian: *nagaj
Tungus-Manchu: *loŋ-sa
Korean: *nǝ̀ŋ'úrí
Japanese: *ná-i
Comments: See Лексика 165. Cf. *ĺeŋgV (in Kor. a partial contamination is possible).
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *nagaj
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: female tarbagan
Russian meaning: самка тарбагана
Written Mongolian: naɣai (L 557: "female marmot")
Khalkha: nagaj
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *loŋ-sa
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 lynx 2 male sable 3 sable
Russian meaning: 1 рысь 2 самец соболя 3 соболь
Evenki: nonno 1
Even: nụŋụčan (dimin.) 'small mouse'
Literary Manchu: luŋgu, luŋga 2 (Захаров 858)
Oroch: noso 3
Udighe: nüho_ 3
Comments: ТМС 1, 510, 605, 612.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *nǝ̀ŋ'úrí
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: otter
Russian meaning: выдра
Middle Korean: nǝ̀ŋ'úrí
Comments: Nam 105.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *ná-i
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: rat (as a cyclic sign)
Russian meaning: крыса (как циклический знак)
Old Japanese: ne
Middle Japanese: ne
Tokyo: nè
Kyoto: nē̂
Kagoshima: né
Comments: JLTT 495. Derived is perhaps OJ nezumji 'rat' (although folk-etymologically analysed as 'living in root(s)'.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *loŋV
Meaning: lynx, sable
Indo-European: *lunk' 'lynx' (the nas. variant)
Altaic: *lúŋa 'a k. of fur animal'
Uralic: ObU *läŋkз 'squirrel', Mar. lumšo 'соболь' < FU*loŋa/ä
Eskimo-Aleut: *nanu- ?
References: Дыбо 1996, 8.
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Eskimo etymology :

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Proto-Eskimo: *nanu-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: polar bear
Russian meaning: белый медведь
Proto-Yupik: *nanu-
Proto-Inupik: *nanu- (-ʁa-)
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 213
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Yupik etymology :

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Proto-Yupik: *nanu-
Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology
Meaning: polar bear
Russian Meaning: белый медведь
Sirenik: nánúʁaχ
Chaplino: nanúq (t), nanāʁaq (t) 'small bear'
Naukan: nánuq
Egegik (Peripheral): Y nanuaq
Chevak (Peripheral): nanuaq
Norton Sound (Peripheral): nanuaq
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 213
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Inupik etymology :

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Proto-Inupik: *nänų- (-ʁa-)
Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology
Meaning: polar bear 1, polar bear skin 2
Russian meaning: белый медведь 1, шкура белого медведя 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: nanuʁawiniq partit. 2
SPI Dialects: Imaq nánoq 1, W nanoq* (nannuk, nannut) 1
North Alaskan Inupik: nanuq 1, nanuʁaq 2
NAI Dialects: B, Ingl nänoq* 1, Qaw nanuq 1
Western Canadian Inupik: nanuq 1, nanuʁaq 2
WCI Dialects: Cor, M nänoq* 1
Eastern Canadian Inupik: nanuq 1, nanuʁaq 2
Greenlandic Inupik: nanu(q) (nanoq*) 1
GRI Dialects: NG nanuʁaq 2 [Holt.], ?? NG nannuk du. 'man's bearskin trousers'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 213
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