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Proto-Korean: *čhái
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: whip; handle
Russian meaning: кнут; ручка
Modern Korean: čhä, čhä-č:ik
Middle Korean: čhái
Comments: Nam 449, KED 1576.
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Proto-Altaic: *č`èk`ù ( ~ *č`i̯ok`e, -k-)
Meaning: handle
Russian meaning: ручка, рукоять
Turkic: *čEkük / *čEküč
Korean: *čhái
Japanese: *tùkà
Comments: Korean has a usual vowel loss between a stop and a fricative.
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Proto-Turkic: *čEkük / *čEküč
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: hammer
Russian meaning: молот
Karakhanid: čekük (MK: Oghuz), čeküč (IM)
Turkish: čekič
Tatar: čükeč
Middle Turkic: čeküč, čöküč (Abush., Sangl.)
Uzbek: čọkič 'hack'
Azerbaidzhan: čäküč
Turkmen: čekič
Noghai: šökiš
Bashkir: sükeš
Balkar: čögüč
Gagauz: čekič
Karaim: cokuc, cekic, čöküč
Kumyk: čöküč
Comments: VEWT 103, EDT 415. (< Iran., see TMN 3, 85-86?). Despite EDT, hardly derived from ček- 'to pull'. The controversy concerning the Iranian origin of the Turkic word vs. the Turkic origin of the Modern Persian one (see Doerfer, Clauson), should be probably resolved as follows: Old Persian ( = Av. cakuš- 'axe / hammer for throwing') > Pers. čakuš 'hammer'; but Pers. čekoč, čekoǯ are phonetically aberrant (see Horn 99) and should be regarded as Turkisms; Pers. čekuš is a mixed form. The source of Pers. čekoč is Turk. čeküč - a diminutive in -č for the form čekük. Turkic forms in -š (Khal. čäkkuš, Kirgh. čöküš, KKalp. šökkiš, possibly also Nogh. šökiš, Bashk. sükeš) may be iranisms. Turk. > Mong. čeküč (see Щербак 1997, 112).
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *tùkà
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: handle
Russian meaning: ручка
Old Japanese: tuka
Middle Japanese: tùkà
Tokyo: tsuká
Kyoto: tsúkà
Kagoshima: tsúka
Comments: JLTT 554. Tone in Kagoshima is irregular (all other evidence points to *tùkà).
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