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Proto-Japanese: *páníwá, *panipai, *panima
Meaning: figures of men and animals made of clay
Russian meaning: фигурки людей и животных из глины
Old Japanese: paniwa, panipe, panima
Middle Japanese: fáníwá
Tokyo: hàniwa
Kyoto: háníwá
Kagoshima: haníwa
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Proto-Altaic: *pélaba(nV)
Meaning: a figure made of stone or clay
Russian meaning: фигура из камня или глины
Comments: The comparison is very tempting, although one has to suppose secondary folk-etymological reanalysis in Mong. (where barimal /a regular development < *balima-r/) is associated with bari- 'to build', and in Jpn., where all the variants are associated with pani 'red clay'.
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Proto-Turkic: *bAlbal
Meaning: a stone pillar erected on a grave
Russian meaning: каменная колонна на могиле, истукан
Old Turkic: balbal (Orkh., Yen.)
Comments: EDT 333. Borrowed (possibly from an unattested Bulgar source) in Old Russ. bolvanъ, Hung. bálvány 'stone idol' (suggestion of Melioranski, evidently preferable to the hypothesis of Korsch-Dmitriev < Pers. pahlavān, see Шипова 84-85, Аникин 114). turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-atu,turcet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *barimal
Meaning: sculpture
Russian meaning: скульптура
Written Mongolian: barimal (L 88) Khalkha: baŕmal
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *pelbu
Meaning: antropomorphic pendant for women's hair
Russian meaning: подвеска (женское украшение в виде изображения человека)
Evenki: helbu
Comments: ТМС 2, 363. Attested only in Evk., but having interesting external parallels. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-reference,
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