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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *si̯únŋu ( ~ z-)
Meaning: island, shallow place
Russian meaning: остров, отмель
Comments: The meaning 'shallow place' explains the semantic developments ( > 'island', 'sand'; 'tussock in a swamp').
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *sinaɣa-
Meaning: 1 island 2 bend of a river; ridge, mountain ridge
Russian meaning: 1 остров 2 излучина реки; горный хребет
Written Mongolian: sinaɣa (L 710) 2 Middle Mongolian: sina'a (SH) 1 Khalkha: šanā 2
Ordos: šinā 'a salient part of the chain of mountains'
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *suŋnī-
Meaning: tussock (in a swamp)
Russian meaning: кочка (в болоте)
Evenki: suŋnīkēɣ, sumnīkēɣ
Negidal: semkeɣ
Ulcha: suŋpu(n)
Orok: suŋči
Nanai: suŋpũ, sumkũ, suŋku(n)
Oroch: sompo
Comments: ТМС 2, 128. -m- in some forms is probably due to assimilation. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-neg,tunget-ulc,tunget-ork,tunget-nan,tunget-orc,tunget-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *súná
Meaning: sand
Russian meaning: песок
Middle Japanese: suna-gwo
Tokyo: sùna
Kyoto: súná
Kagoshima: súna
Nase: šìná
Shuri: šínà
Yonakuni: čìnáŃ
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *c'UŋV
Meaning: island; hill
References: Suggested by V. Glumov.
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Uralic etymology :
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Number: 66
Proto: *ćiŋkä (ćüŋkä)
English meaning: hill
German meaning: Hügel
Estonian: sünk (gen. sünga) 'höherer Rasenhügel'
Saam (Lapp): čodne, čogne (N) 'tuber, gibbus', tjågŋē (L), 'Biegung, Krümmung, Buckel', t́š́uǝŋ͔̄gk͔ (Kld.), t́š́ŭᾰG͔̀ḱ͔E 'Klumpen, Haufen, Bündel'
Mari (Cheremis): šüŋɣä (KB), šŭŋɣa (J) 'Erdhöcker, Haufen'
Khanty (Ostyak): *śoŋk, *śoŋgam (Ahlqv.) 'Berg, Hügel', śuŋk (O) 'Unebenheit, Hügel'
Mansi (Vogul): śɔ̄̈χ-paχ (KU) 'höhere Stelle, Unebenheit (auf dem Wege)', śaŋoko (So.) 'Anhöhe, Hügel, Erdhöcker; Teil; Ding, Gegenstand', śakoǝr (LO) 'Hügel, Abhang od. dgl.'
Hungarian: seg, ség 'Hügel' (?) (in GN: Balag-seg, Seg-hegy, Seges-vár)
K. Reshetnikov's notes: For the reconstruction variants in Ugric see Notes in UGRET 58. Despite UEW, Mar. *šuŋgǝ is likely to have another origin than Mar. Mnt. šüŋɣä (cf. Bereczki 73 vs. Bereczki 71) - see URAET 86, MARET 24.
References: FUV; MSzFgrE; TESz; Stein.Fgr.Vok. 27
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