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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *bàtà
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: cotton
Russian meaning: хлопок
Old Japanese: wata
Middle Japanese: wàtà
Tokyo: watá
Kyoto: wátà
Kagoshima: watá
Comments: JLTT 569.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *bằtò
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: a k. of plant (for making ropes)
Russian meaning: вид растения (для изготовления веревок)
Turkic: *buta-
Tungus-Manchu: *batu-kin
Japanese: *bàtà
Comments: The root evidently denoted some k. of plant used for making ropes or yarn. Note however that the Turkic reflex is poorly attested and not quite reliable; in PTM a reconstruction *bartu-kin is also possible (and perhaps preferable). The PA form should thus perhaps be changed to *bằrtò - a Tung.-Jpn. isogloss.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *buta-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 основные нитки 2 bast, bass (for ropes)
Russian meaning: 1 основные нитки 2 лыко, мочало (для веревок)
Karakhanid: butar (MK) 1 (Clauson's 'papyrus reed' is hardly correct; one should rather translate it as 'warp of cotton cloth')
Chuvash: pъʷdъʷr 2
Comments: EDT 307. Cf. also (ДТС 89) batatu 'cotton yarn', in a medical text.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *batu-kin
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: rope (made of bark)
Russian meaning: веревка (из коры)
Negidal: batụxịn
Ulcha: batụxụn
Nanai: bartoxị̃
Oroch: bātuxǟ
Udighe: batixi
Comments: ТМС 1, 77.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *bVrṭV
Meaning: rope, fibre
Altaic: *bằ(r)tò
Dravidian: *part-
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *part-
Meaning : cotton
Proto-South Dravidian: *parut-i
Proto-Telugu : *pratt-i
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *part-
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *parut-i
Meaning : cotton
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : parutti
Tamil meaning : Indian cotton plant, Gossypium herbaceum; cotton
Tamil derivates : (?) pāram cotton plant
Malayalam : parutti
Malayalam meaning : cotton
Kannada : parti, paẓti, patti
Kannada meaning : cotton in the pod, cotton in general
Kodagu : parati
Kodagu meaning : cotton cloth
Tulu : parti
Tulu meaning : cotton
Proto-Nilgiri : *part-ĭ
Number in DED : 3976
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Nilgiri etymology :

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Proto-Nilgiri : *part-ĭ
Meaning : wick
South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology
Toda : pašty
Number in DED : 3976
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *pratt-i
Meaning : cotton
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : patti
Dialectal forms (1) : pratti
Number in DED : 3976
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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *part-
Meaning : cotton
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Proto-Gondi : *part
Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *part-i
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Gondi etymology :

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Proto-Gondi : *part
Meaning : cotton
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Koya Gondi : part
Number in DED : 3976
Number in CVOTGD : 2138
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Kui-Kuwi etymology :

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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *part-i
Meaning : cotton
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Kui : parti
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : paṛti
Sunkarametta Kuwi : pratti
Kuwi (Israel) : parti
Number in DED : 3976
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