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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *sap-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: long-haired dog
Russian meaning: лохматая собака
Modern Korean: sapsari, sapsal kǟ
Middle Korean: sapsări, sàpsár-kàhí
Comments: Liu 439, KED 906.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *sằp`í
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: long hair
Russian meaning: длинные волосы
Turkic: *sapak
Mongolian: *sabaga
Tungus-Manchu: *sap-
Korean: *sap-
Japanese: *sìmpái
Comments: ТМС 2, 64.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *sapak
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: branch, bunch
Russian meaning: ветвь, кисть
Turkmen: sapaq
Oyrat: sabaq
Kazakh: sabaq
Comments: VEWT 391. The stem is usually regarded as derived from *sạp 'handle' (see e.g. ЭСТЯ 7); the latter indeed also means 'stalk' and has a derivative *sạpak 'handle, stalk'.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *sabaga
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: yak wool
Russian meaning: шерсть яка
Written Mongolian: sabaɣa
Khalkha: savga
Buriat: habagša 'thick thread made of sinew', habiga 'bride's small braid'
Kalmuck: sawǝg 'long and thick hair'
Comments: KW 315 (but Kalm. may be < Turk.)
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *sap-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 beard, moustache 2 pubic hair
Russian meaning: 1 борода, усы 2 волосы на лобке
Literary Manchu: sabula 2
Nanai: sapsoqta 1 (Kur-Urm.), safala 2
Comments: ТМС 2, 64.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *sìmpái
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: pistils, stamens
Russian meaning: пестики, тычинки
Middle Japanese: sìbé
Tokyo: shíbe
Kyoto: shíbè
Kagoshima: shibé
Comments: JLTT 522. The Kyoto accent is aberrant.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *[s]VPV
Meaning: long hair, tail
Borean: Borean
Altaic: *sằp`í
Uralic: *sejpä
Comments: Expected *ś- in Ur. (perhaps because of -j-?).
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 899
Proto: *sejpä
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: tail (not birds')
German meaning: Schwanz (nicht bei Vögeln)
Saam (Lapp): sæi'be -ib- (N) 'animal's tail (but not of a reindeer, sheep, goat)', sei'pē ~ säi'pē 'Schwanz, Schweif (nicht kurz wie beim Rentier)', siejpe (T), siejp (Kld.), sejp (Not.) 'Schweif, Schwanz'
Nenets (Yurak): täewa (O) 'Schwanz (nicht bei Vögeln)'
Nganasan (Tawgi): tǝjbu
Kamass: ćīma, ćǝma 'Schwanz'
Addenda: Koib. тыйма; Mot. дайба; Karag. taibaschta 'lepus alpinus'
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : CVPV
Meaning : hair, tail
Eurasiatic : *sVPV
Afroasiatic : *sa/u(m)bVb- tuft of hair (+ Chad. Kot. *Sap-)
Sino-Caucasian : (Av. s:ap 'hair')
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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *sa/u(m)bVb-
Meaning: tuft of hair
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Semitic: *(ʔi-)š/sayb- ~ *š/sabib- 'tuft of hair'
Berber: *sVba/ub- 'eyebrow' 1, 'hairlock' 2, 'tail' 3
East Chadic: *syab- 'hair'
High East Cushitic: *šomb- 'pubic hair'
Warazi (Dullay): *sanp- (<*sanb-?) 'uncircumsized penis' (?)
South Cushitic: *sumbiy- 'crest'
Notes: Cf. Bla Review 501.
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Semitic etymology :

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Number: 93
Proto-Semitic: *(ʔi-)š/sayb- ~ *š/sabib-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: tuft of hair
Arabic: ʔisb- 'pubis, poil autour des parties naturelles et de l'anus' [BK 1 31]; sayb- 'crins de la queue du cheval' [BK 1 1173]; sabīb- 'crin de la queue, ou de la crinière, ou du toupet (du cheval)' [ibid. 1039]. Cf. (dial.) sabāsib- (pl.) 'dishevelled hair'. Cf. sbt (i/u) 'shave (head), let hair down' .
Tigre: (?) šäbib 'hair (of the head, of the tail)' [LH 217] (in spite of š vs. ARB s, rather an Arabism)
East Ethiopic: SEL šǝbäññä, WOL šǝbǝññe [LGr 571], ZWY saʔbi [ibid. 530]
Gurage: MUH MSQ šǝbǝññä, CHA šǝmnä, GOG šǝbuññä, EŽA šǝbǝnnä, SOD šǝmuñña [ibid. 571], END šombä do. [ibid. 579]
Mehri: mǝnsōb [JM 299]
Jibbali: mɔ́sɔ̄t [JJ 192] (<*mVsVb-Vt)
Soqotri: mǝ́nsub [ibid.] (cf. also [LS 268; SSL LS 1467]); QALAN-V ʔǝ́nsöb [SSL 4 96]
Notes: Problematic; scarce attestation only in Southern SEM area in the languages which do not differentiate between *š {} *s and *s {} *c.

    According to Leslau, S. ETH examples are Cushitisms, but in view of similar SEM forms, they are rather not (probably with the exception of END šombä < E. CUSH HADIYA šṓmba do.).

    The MSA examples of the *mVnsub type look like forms with a prefixed m- and a secondary -n- (cf. ʔǝ- prefixed and -n- in SOQ QALAN-V ʔǝ́nsöb and the JIB example with no traces of -n-).

    Cf. a striking parallel to the MSA form in SUM munšub, munsub and similar forms 'behaarte Haut, Haar, etc.' [IK 693].

    Cf. SOQ QALAN-V mǝsī́mbǝhǝr 'moustaches longues' [SSL 4 89] (related with a prefixed mand suffixed -r?)

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Berber etymology :

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Proto-Berber: *sVba/ub-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'eyebrow' 1, 'hairlock' 2, 'tail' 3
Ayr: ta-sba-t 3
Izdeg: a-šbab 1
Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): a-sǝbbub 1, 2 a-šǝbšub 2
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East Chadic etymology :

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Proto-EChadic: *syab-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'hair'
Kabalai: ke-sebo [Lk: 92]
Notes: kV- is a body-part prefix.
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High East Cushitic etymology :

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Proto-High East Cushitic: *šomb-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'pubic hair'
Sidamo: šoobba
Hadiya (Gudella): šoomba
Qabenna: šäbbä
Kambatta: šobba-ta
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Warazi etymology :

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Proto-Warazi: *sanp- (<*sanb-?)
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'uncircumsized penis'
Harso (Werize): sanpo
Notes: Otherwise <*zanb- to compare to Sem. *d_Vnab- 'tail'. The meaning 'penis' in Sem. may originate from 'tail'.
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South Cushitic etymology :

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Proto-South Cushitic: *sumbiy-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'crest'
Burunge (Mbulungi): sumbiya
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