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Proto-Japanese: *àpàkì
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: a k. of oak
Russian meaning: сизый дуб
Old Japanese: apakji
Middle Japanese: àpàkì
Comments: JLTT 388.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *àp`akV ( ~ -k`-)
Meaning: a k. of foliage tree
Turkic: *apaka
Tungus-Manchu: *(x)apkā-
Japanese: *àpàkì
Comments: The root is sparsely attested, but seems reliable {unless the Turkic forms are borrowed < Mong. abuɣa 'marshmallow' - q. v. sub *éba(-ku)}.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *apaka
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 Alnus fruticosa; Labrador tea 2 a k. of fern
Russian meaning: 1 вид ольхи; багульник 2 вид папоротника
Karakhanid: apa bašɨ 'Cannabis sativa, it is a plant which grows like Cucumis sativus and has a thorny stern, it is eaten in the mountains' (MK Qypch.)
Tatar: abaɣa 2
Chuvash: uba-zarri 2
Yakut: abaɣa 1
Bashkir: abaɣa 2
Comments: VEWT 1, Попов 1986, 92. OT and Chuv. reflect a folk etymology (confusion with apa 'bear').
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *(x)apkā-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: oak tree
Russian meaning: дуб
Negidal: apkā-kta
Comments: ТМС 1, 47.
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