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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *č`imV
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: a k. of fish
Russian meaning: вид рыбы
Mongolian: *čima
Tungus-Manchu: *čime
Comments: A Mong.-Tung. isogloss, and borrowing in Mong. < TM is not excluded (although the meanings differ); in Turkic cf. perhaps Chuv. śomga 'rainbow trout'.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *čima
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: a small carp
Russian meaning: маленький карп (рыба чам)
Written Mongolian: čima (L 184)
Khalkha: čam
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *čime
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 a k. of salmon 2 burbot
Russian meaning: 1 вид кеты 2 налим
Literary Manchu: čima, čime 1
Ulcha: čịmada 'name of a fish', (Sch.) čêmada 2
Oroch: čume 1
Udighe: cuma 'тихоокеанский лосось' (Корм. 312)
Comments: ТМС 2, 414. Neg. čē̂ŋan, Oroch čīŋen 'burbot' perhaps reflect a contamination with *siaŋa-n 'burbot' (v. sub *si̯āŋa).
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *č`VHmV
Meaning: a k. of fish
Borean: Borean
Altaic: *č`imV
Kartvelian: *čxam-
References: Suggested by V. Glumov.
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *čxam-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: рыба
English meaning: fish
Georgian: čxama (E.-Imer.)
Georgian meaning (Rus.): маленькая рыба
Georgian meaning (Engl.): small fish
Megrel: čxom-
Laz: čxom-
Notes and references: EWK 439-440.
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : CVMV
Meaning : fish
Eurasiatic : *č`VHmV
Afroasiatic : *ĉ̣amb- ?
Amerind (misc.) : *čuma 'fish' (R 269)
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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ĉ̣amb-
Meaning: lizard, frog
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Semitic: *ṣ̂abb- 'kind of lizard'
Berber: *ẓVbb- 'k. of small insect living in water' (?)
Western Chadic: *ĉ̣umb- 'frog'
South Cushitic: *ĉambVʕ- 'frog'
Omotic: *ṭibb- 'k. of small insect living in water' (?)
Notes: Semantically too diverse. Cf. DiakStMil 20.
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Semitic etymology :

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Number: 169
Proto-Semitic: *ṣ̂abb-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: kind of lizard
Hebrew: ṣāb 'thorn-tailed lizard' [KB 994], pB. 'a species of lizard' [Ja. 1257]. Only in the dietary prohibition of Lv. 11.29.
Judaic Aramaic: ṣabbā, ṣābā 'a species of lizard' [Ja. 1257]. Since ṣ- is irregular, a Hebraism is not unlikely.
Syrian Aramaic: ʕabbā 'garum, lacerta caudiverbera' [Brock. 503], [PS 2763].
Arabic: ḍabb- 'lézard, part. lézard d'Afrique (qui certains peuplades mangent)', ḍabb-at- 'lézard femelle', ḍabīb-at- 'lézard d'Afrique' [BK 2 3], [LA I 538].
Mehri: ẑǝbbīt '(female) monitor lizard' [JM 472].
Jibbali: ẑ_ɔb (pl. z_̂ēt) id. [JJ 322].
Harsusi: ẑebbēt id. [JH 151].
Notes: [KB 994]: Hbr., Arm., Arb.; [Brock. 503]: Syr., Arb.
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Berber etymology :

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Proto-Berber: *ẓVbb-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'k. of small insect living in water'
Ayr: ta-ẓǝbbe
Tawllemmet: ta-ẓǝbbe
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West Chadic etymology :

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Proto-WChadic: *ĉ̣umb-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'frog'
Hausa: c̣ùmbē
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South Cushitic etymology :

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Proto-South Cushitic: *ĉambVʕ-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'frog'
Alagwa (Wasi): ĉembeʕu
Burunge (Mbulungi): ĉambeʕu
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Omotic etymology :

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Proto-Omotic: *ṭibb-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'k. of worm living in water'
Kafa (Kaficho): ṭibbō Cer Kf 509
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