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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *sī́p`í
Meaning: a k. of pipe
Russian meaning: вид трубки
Turkic: *sīpek
Mongolian: *sib-
Japanese: *simpai
Comments: Cf. also PT *sɨ̄pɨŕgu 'flute' (ЭСТЯ 7). In TM one may note Neg. sịwsaxawụn 'wire (for pipe cleaning'), Nan. sịosaqo 'wire (for burning a hole), sịosan- 'to burn (a hole with a wire)', Oroch siapti 'mouthpiece (of a tobacco pipe)' (ТМС 2, 74, 75). These words are hardly borrowed from Mong. sibsiɣür, but are rather reflexes of original *sibe- 'pull out, pick out' (see *zi̯upi) influenced by the Mong. word.
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Proto-Turkic: *sīpek
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 infant's urinal in a cradle 2 pivot (of a hand-mill etc.) 3 corn-cob
Russian meaning: 1 мочеотводная трубочка в люльке 2 стержень, шкворень (ручной мельницы и т.п.) 3 початок кукурузы
Karakhanid: sibek 1, 2 (MK)
Turkish: sübek 1, 2, 3
Uzbek: sübäk 3 (dial.)
Comments: EDT 788, ЭСТЯ 7. Modern languages reveal some very irregular reflexes like Kaz., KKalp. sobɨq 3, Tur. sümek, sömek 1, 2, 3 (with -m- also in Kum. sümek, Nogh. simek, Uzb. sumak 1, 2 etc.; some languages have variants with č- or š- like Kirgh. čömök 3, šimek 1, 2). These all can be either irregular expressive variants with secondary diffusion or reflect contaminations with some other (not quite clear) roots.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *sib-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 to perforate 2 tattooing needle, perforator 3 smoking pipe
Russian meaning: 1 протыкать 2 игла для татуировки, протыкания 3 курительная трубка
Written Mongolian: sibe- 1, sibegür 2, sibsiɣür 3 (L 694, 695), sibsirɣa 'l'extrémité d'une baguette de correction'
Khalkha: šive- 1, šivǖr 2, šivšǖr 3
Buriat: šebšǖr
Ordos: šive- 1
Monguor: śiśur 'mèche de fouet' (SM 401)
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *simpai
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: heart of rice straw
Russian meaning: сердцевина стебля риса
Middle Japanese: sibe
Tokyo: shibe
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