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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *surgar
Meaning: ledum, Labrador tea
Russian meaning: ledum; багульник болотный
Written Mongolian: surɣar (МХТТТ 491) Khalkha: surgar
monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-hal,
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *s[é]rko
Meaning: a k. of blossoming bush
Russian meaning: вид цветущего кустарника
Turkic: {Oghuz sorgun 'a k. of willow'}
Comments: The etymology seems plausible, despite some phonetic problems, both explainable as metatheses in an expressive plant name: Mong. surgar instead of an expected *sargur, and TM *seŋkürē instead of an expected *serkü-(ŋē?). Cf. *sáro, with a possibility of contaminations. altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-kor,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *seŋkürē
Meaning: a k. of bush, багульник
Russian meaning: багульник
Evenki: seŋkirē
Even: heŋkъje
Negidal: seŋkijē
Literary Manchu: seŋkiri x́an 'назв. растения'
Ulcha: seŋkure
Orok: sekkure
Nanai: sēŋkure
Oroch: seŋki
Udighe: seŋkie
tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-evn,tunget-neg,tunget-man,tunget-ulc,tunget-ork,tunget-nan,tunget-orc,tunget-ude,tunget-reference,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *sằrkó
Meaning: peach, apricot
Russian meaning: персик, абрикос
Modern Korean: salgu
Middle Korean: sằrkó
koret-prnum,koret-meaning,koret-rusmean,koret-phn,koret-ako,koret-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *sákúra
Meaning: sakura
Russian meaning: сакура
Old Japanese: sakura
Middle Japanese: sákúrà
Tokyo: sàkura
Kyoto: sákúrá
Kagoshima: sakúra
Comments: JLTT 517. Modern dialects point rather to *sákúrá, but RJ has a low tone on the final syllable. The word can hardly be separated from *sák- 'to blossom' (OJ sak-, Tokyo sàk-, Kyoto sák-, Kagoshima - with an irregular tone - sàk-). japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-ajp,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-comments,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *CVnKV ?
Meaning: a k. of berry
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Kartvelian etymology :
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Proto-Kartvelian: *cinq̇wa-
Russian meaning: земляника, брусника
English meaning: wild strawberry, cowberry
Georgian: cmq̇wa-
Megrel: cǝmʔva, cǝmva
Svan: cinq̇a
Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 224, EWK 450. Ср. алт. *se(ŋ)kuŕV 'вид растения с ягодами'.
kartet-prnum,kartet-rusmean,kartet-meaning,kartet-gru,kartet-meg,kartet-sva,kartet-notes,
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