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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *ménrV
Meaning: garlic, onion
Russian meaning: чеснок, лук
Comments: SKE 140, Poppe 35, Lee 24, 26, 28. Low tone in Jpn. is probably due to contraction. Cf. also Old Koguryo *maiš 'garlic' (thus in Miller 1979, 15; Lee reads *mail). altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-kor,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *maŋgir, *maŋgina
Meaning: wild onion, ramson
Russian meaning: дикий лук, черемша
Written Mongolian: maŋgir (L 527), maŋgina Middle Mongolian: maŋgir (HY 8), maŋgirsu(n) (SH) Khalkha: mangir
Buriat: mangir
Kalmuck: maŋgṛsṇ, mäŋgṛsṇ
Dagur: maŋgīrs, mangēs
Shary-Yoghur: maŋGarsǝn
Comments: KW 256, 258, MGCD 480. Mong. > Oyr. paɣɨr. monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-mmo,monget-hal,monget-bur,monget-kal,monget-dag,monget-yuy,monget-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *meŋgu-
Meaning: a k. of plant
Russian meaning: вид травянистого растения, употребляемого в пищу
Comments: ТМС 1, 569. Attested only in Oroch, with possible external parallels. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-orc,tunget-reference,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *mànắr
Meaning: garlic
Russian meaning: чеснок
Modern Korean: manɨl
Middle Korean: mànắr
koret-prnum,koret-meaning,koret-rusmean,koret-phn,koret-ako,koret-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *mìrà
Meaning: Allium
Russian meaning: лук
Old Japanese: mjira
Tokyo: nirá, nìra
Kyoto: nírà
Kagoshima: nirá
Comments: JLTT 498. The reason of *m- > n- in modern Japanese is not quite clear. japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-ajp,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-comments,
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