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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *k`ač`e
Meaning: kind, sort
Russian meaning: вид, разновидность
Tungus-Manchu: *xačin
Korean: *kàčí
Japanese: *kǝ̀tǝ̀
Comments: SKE 101, Lee 1958, 112. An Eastern isogloss. The Jpn. *kǝ̀tǝ̀ seems a good match, but within Japanese it is rather hard to separate from the homonymous *kǝ̀tǝ̀ 'word, speech' (see *gĕ̀rè(bV)). This is probably a secondary merger, but responsible for the irregular accent correspondence between Kor. and Jpn.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *xačin
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 kind, sort, variety 2 various
Russian meaning: 1 вид, разновидность 2 разнообразный
Spoken Manchu: hačin 1 (2558)
Literary Manchu: χačin 1
Jurchen: ha-če-jin 'thing'
Ulcha: χačị(n) 1
Orok: χatčị(n) 2
Nanai: χačị̃ 2
Comments: ТМС 1, 465. The word is borrowed (from Manchu or Nanai) > Sol. xaš́ĩ, Neg. xačịn, Oroch xači, Ud. xasi.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *kàčí
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: kind, sort, variety
Russian meaning: вид, разновидность
Modern Korean: kaǯi
Middle Korean: kàčí
Comments: Nam 8, KED 26.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *kǝ̀tǝ̀
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: thing, affair
Russian meaning: дело
Old Japanese: koto
Middle Japanese: kòtò
Tokyo: kotó
Kyoto: kótò
Kagoshima: kotó
Comments: JLTT 459.
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