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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *p`ŭ̀nte
Meaning: a k. of insect
Russian meaning: вид насекомого
Comments: Mergers with *pā̀t`e were possible (esp. in Jpn., where otherwise -a- would be expected). Reasons of the loss of -n- in Mong. are not clear. Cf. PAN *-petpet 'firefly'. 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: *hötün
Meaning: worm, larva
Russian meaning: червь, личинка
Written Mongolian: ötü(n) (L 646) Khalkha: öt
Buriat: üt
Kalmuck: ötṇ
Ordos: ütü
Dongxian: xodǝu
Baoan: hodǝg
Shary-Yoghur: öt ( < lit.)
monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-hal,monget-bur,monget-kal,monget-ord,monget-dun,monget-bao,monget-dag,monget-yuy,monget-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *pundimi
Meaning: midge
Russian meaning: мошка
Literary Manchu: funǯima
Nanai: ponǯịmị
tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-man,tunget-nan,tunget-reference,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *pántó
Meaning: firefly
Russian meaning: светляк
Modern Korean: pandi
Middle Korean: pántó, pántòi
koret-prnum,koret-meaning,koret-rusmean,koret-phn,koret-ako,koret-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *pǝ̀taru ( ~ -ua-)
Meaning: firefly
Russian meaning: светляк
Old Japanese: p(w)otaru
Middle Japanese: fotaru
Tokyo: hótaru
Kyoto: hótàrù
Kagoshima: hotarú
Comments: JLTT 415. Accent correspondences are not quite clear, but in any case point to a low tone in the first syllable. japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-ajp,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-comments,
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