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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *ni̯ombu
Meaning: thin
Russian meaning: тонкий
Comments: Poppe 38, АПиПЯЯ 51, 286, KW 276. A Mong.-Tung. isogloss. A probable reflex in Jpn. is OJ num(j)er- 'be slippery' - with the meaning influenced by *nàmià 'slippery' (see *ni̯ùmà). The roots *ni̯ombu and *ni̯uma generally tend to influence each other. altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *nimgen
Meaning: thin
Russian meaning: тонкий
Written Mongolian: nimgen, nimegen (L 584) Middle Mongolian: ningen (HY 53), nɛmgɛn (IM), nimkän (MA) Khalkha: nimgen
Buriat: nimgen
Kalmuck: nimgṇ
Ordos: nemgen, nimgen, nemgün
Dongxian: ninkien (MGCD ninkian) Baoan: niŋgaŋ
Shary-Yoghur: nemgen (MGCD neŋgen) Monguor: neŋgen (SM 271), (MGCD nemgen) Comments: KW 276, MGCD 508. Cf. also nimna-gan 'thin, lean'. monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-mmo,monget-hal,monget-bur,monget-kal,monget-ord,monget-dun,monget-bao,monget-dag,monget-yuy,monget-mgr,monget-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *nem(i)-
Meaning: thin
Russian meaning: тонкий
Evenki: nemkūn
Even: nemkun
Negidal: nemkūn
Spoken Manchu: niŋkǝn, niŋkin (2414)
Literary Manchu: nekel'en
Jurchen: nen-ke-xun (623)
Ulcha: nemi
Orok: nemdūke
Nanai: nemi
Oroch: nemi, nemne
Udighe: nemnese` (Корм. 268) Solon: nemekũ, nennekũ
Comments: ТМС 1, 621. The original root must have been *niambu- (*ńiambu-), and it has left numerous traces: cf. Evk. jembu, jume-kin, ńumē-kūn 'thin, lean', Evn. ńubuke, ńebuke, ńȫmeŋi id., Nan. jembuk 'loose'. However, the root was heavily influenced by *ńem- 'soft' (v. sub *ni̯ùmà) and perhaps also by Mong. nimgen 'thin' (although direct borrowing of the words meaning 'thin' from Mongolian is hardly probable), which gave rise to the variant *nem(i)- 'thin'. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-evn,tunget-neg,tunget-sib,tunget-man,tunget-chu,tunget-ulc,tunget-ork,tunget-nan,tunget-orc,tunget-ude,tunget-sol,tunget-reference,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *nVmbV
Meaning: thin
nostret-meaning,nostret-alt,nostret-drav,
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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *nāmb-
Meaning : to be thin
Notes : A Tamil-Kannada isogloss.
dravet-meaning,dravet-prnum,dravet-sdr,dravet-notes,
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South Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-South Dravidian : *nāmb-
Meaning : slack; lean
Tamil : nāmpu (nāmpi-)
Tamil meaning : to become meagre, thin, emaciated; n. anything lean
Tamil derivates : nāmpal emaciation
Kannada : nāmbu
Kannada meaning : to be slack, devoid of energy, slothful or idle
Kannada derivates : nāmba an idle or slothful man
Number in DED : 3648
sdret-meaning,sdret-prnum,sdret-tam,sdret-tammean,sdret-tamder,sdret-kan,sdret-kanmean,sdret-kander,sdret-dednum,
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