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Proto-Japanese: *síkímí
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: threshold
Russian meaning: порог
Old Japanese: sikjimji
Middle Japanese: síkímí
Tokyo: shìkii
Kyoto: shíkíí
Kagoshima: shikíi
Comments: JLTT 523. Modern shikii is actually a merger of OJ síkjíimjí 'threshhold' and sikiwi (attested only in MJ) 'rush plant'.
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Proto-Altaic: *sík`e ( ~ -k-)
Meaning: a detail of the house entrance
Russian meaning: деталь порога, входа в дом
Turkic: *sekü
Mongolian: *seg
Tungus-Manchu: *siK-
Japanese: *síkímí
Comments: Cf. *ségì.
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Proto-Turkic: *sekü
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: stone bench, pedestal
Russian meaning: каменное или глинобитное сиденье, лежанка, помост
Karakhanid: sekü (MK)
Turkish: seki
Tatar: säki
Azerbaidzhan: säki
Turkmen: seki
Chuvash: sagъ
Yakut: eɣe 'knolls'
Kirghiz: seki
Bashkir: hikĭ
Comments: VEWT 408, TMN 3, 262, EDT 819, Лексика 519. Turk. > Pers. sakū id. (despite EDT, not vice versa); > Hung. szék 'chair' (Gombocz 1912).
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Proto-Mongolian: *seg
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: tent
Russian meaning: шатер
Written Mongolian: seg
Khalkha: seg (БАМРС)
Kalmuck: seg
Comments: KW 321.
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *siK-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 penthouse 2 a bar (under threshhold, into which the door heel is inserted)
Russian meaning: 1 навес, терраса 2 брус (под порогом, в котором вращается дверная пятка)
Literary Manchu: sixin 1, six́aqu 2
Comments: ТМС 2, 80-81. Attested only in Manchu, but having probable external parallels.
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