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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *p`úńe
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: hair; feather
Russian meaning: волос; перо
Mongolian: *hü-sü
Tungus-Manchu: *puńe-
Japanese: *pánái
Comments: ОСНЯ 3, 83-84, Цинциус 1984, 61-62, АПиПЯЯ 29-30, 112, 275, KW 460 (Mong. ~ TM); an alternative etymology of Poppe (Poppe 70: linking the TM form with Mong. ünegen 'fox' and Yak. ünügäs 'puppy') is obviously untenable. Cf. also Mong. *hö-dün 'feather' ( < *hön-dün ?). {For *hödün cf. rather TM forms: Ma. fulǵači, fulsuri, Ewn. huloŋ, hultukta, ТМС 2, 343, 344, 346.}
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *hü-sü
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: hair
Russian meaning: волос
Written Mongolian: üsü(n) (L 1013)
Middle Mongolian: xüsun (HY 45, SH), häson (IM), usun (MA)
Khalkha: üs(en)
Buriat: ühen
Kalmuck: üsṇ
Ordos: üsü
Dongxian: usuŋ, usun
Baoan: suŋ
Dagur: xusu (Тод. Даг. 180), huse (MD 167), xus
Shary-Yoghur: hǝsun
Monguor: fuʒǝ (SM 102), (Huzu) sʒǝ (MGCD šʒu)
Mogol: üsün; ZM oṣu
Comments: KW 460, MGCD 697.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *puńe-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: hair
Russian meaning: волос(ы)
Evenki: heńekte 'пыжик (мех молочного олененка)'
Spoken Manchu: fenixǝ 'hair, fur'(2, 143, 2282), funiɣe
Literary Manchu: fuńexe
Jurchen: fun-ir-xie (497)
Comments: ТМС 2, 303, 367. A possible derivative is *punu-ktV 'young horns of deer' reflected in Man. funtu, Nan. puntu, dial. fuŋku (ТМС 2, 47); cf. also Man. fuŋGala 'feather', f́en 'arrow feathers'.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *pánái
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: feather
Russian meaning: перо
Old Japanese: pane
Middle Japanese: fáné
Tokyo: hàne
Kyoto: hánè
Kagoshima: háne
Nase: hànɛ́
Shuri: hánì
Hateruma: pa_̀n_ì
Yonakuni: hàní
Comments: JLTT 398.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *p`un(́)V
Meaning: hair
Borean: Borean
Altaic: *p`úńe
Uralic: *puna
References: МССНЯ 335, ОСНЯ 3, 81-83; ND 1739 *P_un[E]ya 'hair' (+ Arab.?).
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 822
Proto: *puna
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: hair
German meaning: Haar
Finnish: puna 'Röte; Blut'
Estonian: puna 'Röte', punane 'rot; rotes Tier, Fuchs; Blut'
Mordovian: pona (E M) 'Haar, Wolle'
Mari (Cheremis): pǝ̑n (KB), pun (U B) 'Haar, Flaum, Daunen, Feder'
Khanty (Ostyak): pun (V O), pün (DN) 'Haar, Wolle, Feder'
Mansi (Vogul): pon (TJ KU), pun (P So.) 'Feder, Haar'
Hungarian: fan, fon (dial.) 'Schamhaare; (altung.) Dickicht, dichter Wald'
Sammalahti's version: *pu/ana
Yukaghir parallels: OC
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : PVNV
Meaning : hair
Eurasiatic : *p`un(́)V
Notes : So far only found in EA (a Ur.-Alt. isogloss).
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