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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *t`ŭmu
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: head, top of head
Russian meaning: голова, темя
Turkic: *tum-
Mongolian: *tom-
Tungus-Manchu: *tumŋu-
Japanese: *tum-
Comments: АПиПЯЯ 109, 279, Ozawa 130, Лексика 483. Turk. *tumak > Kalm. tomǝɣǝ, whence again Kirgh. tomaɣa etc. (a similar source is probable for Manchu tomorχan), see TMN 1, 258.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *tum-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 hat, cap 2 snout 3 beak 4 nose
Russian meaning: 1 шапка 2 морда 3 клюв 4 нос
Old Turkic: tomaɣa 1 (OUygh. - XIV ), tumšuq 3 (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: tumšuq 3 (MK, KB)
Turkish: tomšuk 3
Tatar: tumaq 1 (КСТТ), tomšɨq 3, (КСТТ) 4
Middle Turkic: tumaq 1 (Pav. C.), tumšuq (MA, Abush.) 3
Uzbek: tumɔq 1, tumšuq 2, 3, 4
Uighur: tumaq 1, tumšuq 2, 3, 4
Sary-Yughur: tɨmsɨq 3
Turkmen: tumšuq 2
Khakassian: tumzux 2, 3, 4
Shor: tunčuq 2, 3
Oyrat: tubaq 1 (Leb.), tumčuq 2, 3, 4
Yakut: tumus 2, 3
Dolgan: tumus 'cape'
Tuva: dumčuq 3, 4
Tofalar: tun'čuq 3
Kirghiz: tumaq 1, tumšuq 2, 3
Kazakh: tɨmaq 1, tumsɨq 2, 3
Noghai: tumsɨq 2
Bashkir: tomšoq 2, 3
Karakalpak: tumaq 1, tumsɨq 2, 3
Comments: VEWT 499, TMN 2, 642, EDT 509-10, Лексика 216, 483, Radloff 3, 1518, Stachowski 230.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *tom-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 chief, first 2 to appoint, nominate 3 hat
Russian meaning: 1 главный, первый 2 назначать (на должность) 3 шляпа
Written Mongolian: tomi 1 (L 822), tomila- 2 (L 823), tumurliɣ 3, tumulai 3; (L 824: tomurčaɣ 'muzzle for animals')
Middle Mongolian: tumbula- (SH) 2
Khalkha: tomil- 2, tumlaj 3
Buriat: tomil- 2
Kalmuck: tumrlǝg 3
Ordos: tomi 1, tumulai 3 (petit bonnet), tomilo- 'to be ahead of'
Monguor: tumbu, tombu 'le premier petit qu'un animal met bas' (SM 431)
Comments: KW 410.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *tumŋu-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: top of head
Russian meaning: темя
Evenki: tuŋulkēn, temulkēn
Even: teŋelek, tuŋelek
Spoken Manchu: tuŋun
Nanai: tembilku
Oroch: tumaxa
Udighe: temuge
Comments: ТМС 2, 217.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *tum-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: top; head
Russian meaning: верх, вершина; голова
Middle Japanese: tuburi, tumuri
Tokyo: tsumurí
Kyoto: tsúmúrí
Kagoshima: tsumurí
Shuri: číbúrú
Comments: JLTT 556. Accent reconstruction is not quite clear (although most of the forms point to high tone).
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *TUmV
Meaning: top of head, hair of head
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: ? Slav. *tēmę
Altaic: *t`ŭmu
Kartvelian: *(ś)tom- (or *txem- 1070)
References: ND 2278 *tVmV 'hair' (Kartv. + Cush., Chad. and dub. Eg.); 2375 *ṭEqmE 'sinciput, crown of head, top' (+ Arab.).
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *(ś)tom-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: волос(ы)
English meaning: hair
Georgian: tm-a
Megrel: tom-a, tum-a
Svan: šdom, šdöm, šdäm
Svan meaning (Rus.): аллергическая сыпь на теле
Svan meaning (Eng.): allergic rash on body
Laz: (n)toma
Laz meaning (Rus.): волосы, шерсть, перья
Laz meaning (Eng.): hair, wool, feathers
Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 95 (*tma-), EWK 164 (*tom-).
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : TVMV
Meaning : top of head, hair
Eurasiatic : *TUmV
Afroasiatic : Cush. *tVm-, Chad. *tVm- hair; Ar. ʔaṭχam- 'front part of nose'; Cush. *DVmħ- 'crown of head' (ND)
Notes : Maybe two roots.
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