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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *mṓŋi ( ~ -e)
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: round
Russian meaning: круглый
Turkic: *bōn-čok
Mongolian: *möɣer
Tungus-Manchu: *muŋu-, *muŋbu-
Korean: *mūŋ-
Comments: OJ mapa-r- 'turn round' may belong here if it goes back to < *moŋ-bV (cf. Tungus forms), although the vocalism is not quite right; cf. also Mong. (dissimilation?) bömbüger 'round', see EAS 116.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *bōnčok
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: beads, small balls as ornaments
Russian meaning: бусы, маленькие шарики в качестве украшений
Old Turkic: mončuq (Orkh., OUIgh.)
Karakhanid: mončuq (MK)
Turkish: bonǯuk
Tatar: muncaq (КСТТ)
Middle Turkic: mɨnčaɣ (Sangl.), bunǯuq (Pav. C.), munčaq (MA)
Uzbek: munčɔq
Uighur: mončaq (dial.)
Azerbaidzhan: munǯuɣ
Turkmen: mōnǯuq
Khakassian: mončɨx, monńɨx (dial.)
Halaj: *munǯuq
Kirghiz: mončoq
Kazakh: monšaq
Bashkir: munsaq (dial.)
Balkar: minčaq
Gagauz: bonǯuq
Karaim: munǯax
Karakalpak: monšaq
Kumyk: minčaq
Comments: VEWT 340, EDT 349, ЭСТЯ 7. One can argue that this form is derived from *bōjn 'neck' (in old sources the word is usually reserved for neck ornaments). Forms like mojɨn-ča-k, attested in Tat., Bashk., Nogh., Kirgh., as well as Chag. mɨnčaɣ, KBalk., Kum. minčaq should be probably explained that way; but the form *bōn-čok itself may rather reflect earlier *mōŋi-č`V(k`V) 'round ornament', with secondary contaminations. Turk. > Russ. munčakъ, see Аникин 395.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *möɣer
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: wheel, hoop
Russian meaning: колесо, обруч
Written Mongolian: möger (L 545)
Middle Mongolian: mo'er 'felloe, rim' (HY 18)
Khalkha: mȫr
Buriat: mȫr(e)
Kalmuck: mȫr
Dagur: mēr (Тод. Даг. 154)
Comments: KW 268.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *muŋu-, *muŋbu-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 oval, round 2 blunt, rounded
Russian meaning: 1 овальный, круглый 2 тупой, закругленный
Evenki: mumō 2, mumbu-me 1, mombo- 'roll'
Even: muŋuti 1
Literary Manchu: mumuri 2
Nanai: muŋgel-muŋgel bī 1
Comments: Tung. > Yak. mumur / muŋur 'blunt'. See ТМС 1, 544, 556, 558. Evk. munčukē 'beads' may be derived or else may be a later Turkism.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *mūŋ-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: round, small round stone
Russian meaning: круглый, маленький круглый камешек
Modern Korean: muŋi 'round thing, lump', muŋuri 'round stone'
Middle Korean: mūŋ'ɨ́rí-tōr
Comments: Nam 224, KED 685.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *moŋV
Meaning: round, curved
Altaic: *mṓŋi ( ~ -e)
Uralic: *moŋa (*moŋka)
References: Suggested by V. Glumov.
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 557
Proto: *moŋa (*moŋka)
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: curve, ring
German meaning: Biegung, Krümmung, Kreis
Saam (Lapp): moag'ge -gg- (N) 'bent object', moaggâs -g'g- 'bent, crooked', måhkkē (L) 'Biegung (eines Weges), Bucht (eines Seils); Bucht eines Strandes', måhkkō- 'sich winden, schlangeln', mohke (T) 'Biegung, Krümmung'
Udmurt (Votyak): mog (S) 'ein hinter mir od. beiseite liegender Ort'
Komi (Zyrian): meg (Lu. Ud.) 'Flußkrümmung', meg (PO) 'извилина реки'
Khanty (Ostyak): măɣǝl (V) 'Kreis, Bucht im Fluß', măχǝt (DN) 'Kreis, Rundung', ma~χǝlt- (O) 'umgehen', măɣǝltǝɣi̮- (V) 'um, umher, herum', măχta (DN) 'um - herum'
Mansi (Vogul): mūlt mūltilǝm (KU), mūltǝɣm (P), muwǝl (LO), mūɣėl, mowėl (N) 'ringsherum', mūɣėlt-, mowe̯lt- 'umkreisen, rund herumgehen', moŋχėlt- 'umringen'
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