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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *sibawu
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: bird
Russian meaning: птица
Written Mongolian: sibaɣu(n), sibau (L 693)
Middle Mongolian: šiba'un (HY 13, SH), šibān (IM), šibawun (MA)
Khalkha: šuvū
Buriat: šubū(n)
Kalmuck: šowūn
Ordos: šiwū, šuwū
Dagur: šowō
Shary-Yoghur: šūn
Monguor: šū (SM 383), (MGCD śau)
Comments: KW 366, MGCD 725. Mong. > Chag. šibaɣun (Щербак 1997, 209).
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *sipV ( ~ z-, -b-)
Meaning: a k. of small bird
Russian meaning: вид небольшой птицы
Mongolian: *sibawu
Tungus-Manchu: *sibi
Comments: A Mong.-Tung. isogloss; a Turkic parallel could be found in Russ. сапсан 'peregrin' (considered to be Turkic [Шипова 278], but the source is actually unknown). Cf. *č`ĭ̀p`[ú].
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *sibi
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: swallow
Russian meaning: ласточка
Literary Manchu: sibirGan
Jurchen: sih-biar-xun (183)
Comments: ТМС 2, 398 - the root should be distinguished from *čipi- q. v. sub *č`ĭ̀p`[ú] (although with some difficulty).
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