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Proto-Japanese: *tunkai
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: box tree
Russian meaning: самшит
Old Japanese: tug(j)e
Middle Japanese: tuge
Tokyo: tsùge
Kyoto: tsúgé
Kagoshima: tsugé
Comments: JLTT 553. Tokyo and Kyoto point to *túnkái, but Kagoshima is irregular.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *t`aklu
Meaning: a k. of (foliage) tree
Russian meaning: вид (лиственного) дерева
Mongolian: *togli
Tungus-Manchu: *talgīg
Japanese: *tunkai
Comments: Phonetically plausible (although containing a rare cluster *-kl-), but, as in many cases, the original sort of the tree is difficult to establish.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *togli
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: a k. of willow
Russian meaning: вид тальника
Written Mongolian: toɣli (L 814)
Khalkha: togil
Comments: Cf. also Khalkha tögle 'grove'.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *talgī-g ( ~ -ǖg)
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: brushwood, forest with brushwood
Russian meaning: валежник, чаща с валежником
Evenki: talgīɣ
Even: tālgịɣ
Negidal: talgịx
Comments: ТМС 2, 157.
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