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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *gawr-su
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 chaff, straw 2 feather (usually for writing)
Russian meaning: 1 солома, мякина 2 перо (обычно для письма)
Written Mongolian: ɣaɣursu (L 344), ɣuɣursu (L 365), ɣuursu (L 371), ɣaursu 1, 2
Khalkha: gūrs(an) 1, 2
Buriat: gūrha(n) 2
Kalmuck: ɣūrsṇ 1, 2
Ordos: Gūrsu 1
Shary-Yoghur: gūrs 'pipe' (MGCD 302)
Monguor: xụ̄rʒǝ (SM 185)
Comments: KW 157. Mong. > Turk. qavursun, Kirgh. qaursu etc. (ЭСТЯ 5, 177).
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *gébó
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: shell, husk
Russian meaning: скорлупа, шелуха; мякина
Turkic: *Kạb-
Mongolian: *gawr-su
Tungus-Manchu: *gub- ( ~ *geb-)
Korean: *kòbɨ̀i
Japanese: *kámpí
Comments: Владимирцов 209, Poppe 48, АПиПЯЯ 14, 280. One of several similar PA roots (see *k`ā́p`a, *k`èpà, *k`i̯ā̀bu, *kìp`é).
altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-kor,altet-jap,altet-reference,

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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *Kạb-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 bark 2 shell 3 husk 4 bran
Russian meaning: 1 кора 2 скорлупа 3 шелуха 4 отруби, мякина
Old Turkic: qavɨq 4 (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: qavɨq, qavuq (MK, KB) 4
Turkish: kavuz 3, kavza 2
Uzbek: qɔvuz 3
Uighur: qovzaq 1
Azerbaidzhan: Gavɨz (dial.) 3
Khakassian: xōx 4
Shor: qōq 3, 4
Chuvash: xɨvъx 4
Tuva: xō-tarā 'a k. of millet with sagging panicles'
Kazakh: qavɨz 4
Noghai: qavɨz 4
Karakalpak: qavɨz 4
Kumyk: quvɨq 3
Comments: VEWT 217, EDT 583, ЭСТЯ 5, 173-174, 178-179, Мудрак Дисс. 62. The root should be distinguished from *K(i)ab- 'peeled skin, peel' (v. sub *k`i̯ā̀bu).
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *gub- ( ~ *geb-)
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: bud, flower button
Russian meaning: бутон, головка цветка
Literary Manchu: gubsu
Comments: ТМС 1, 165. Cf. also Man. Gubiri 'name of a plant' (ibid.), geferi 'name of a plant' (ТМС 1, 183).
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *kòbɨ̀i
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 bamboo bark 2 patella
Russian meaning: 1 бамбуковая кора 2 коленная чашечка
Middle Korean: tái-s-kò'ɨ̀i 1, kòs-kò'ɨ̀i 2
Comments: Liu 73, 207.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *kámpí
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: rice ear
Russian meaning: рисовый колос
Old Japanese: kabji
Middle Japanese: kábjí
Comments: JLTT 431.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *gebV-
Meaning: cover, shell
Altaic: *gébó
Dravidian: *gaviseṇ-
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *gaviseṇ-
Meaning : a case, cover
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *gavasaṇ-
Proto-Telugu : *gavisen-a
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *gavasaṇ-
Meaning : wrapper, cover
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : kavican_ai
Tamil meaning : wrapper, envelope, cover, sheath (? < Te.)
Kannada : gavasaṇi, gavasaṇike, gavasaṇige
Kannada meaning : a cover, wrapper, case
Kannada derivates : gavasaṇisu to cover, wrap
Tulu : gavasaṇigè
Tulu meaning : case of a fiddle, etc.
Tulu derivates : gausaṇigè a bag, case, cover
Number in DED : 1221
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *gavisen-a
Meaning : a cloth case or cover
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : gausena
Dialectal forms (1) : gavisena (B)
Number in DED : 1221
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