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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *beje
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: person, man
Russian meaning: человек
Evenki: beje
Even: bej
Negidal: beje
Nanai: beje 'person'
Solon: bei, beje
Comments: Homonymic forms in other languages denoting "body" should be probably regarded as mongolisms, but this is hardly plausible for all the forms meaning "man" (since that meaning is absent in Mong.), despite Doerfer MT 20, Rozycki 29. See ТМС 1, 122-123.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *bĕ̀je
Meaning: man; self, body
Russian meaning: человек; сам, тело
Mongolian: *beje
Tungus-Manchu: *beje
Japanese: *bǝ̀
Comments: EAS 57, 98, KW 47, Владимирцов 261, Poppe 66, АПиПЯЯ 79, 105, 276.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *beje
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: body, person, self
Russian meaning: тело, личность, сам
Written Mongolian: beje (L 94)
Middle Mongolian: beje (HY 45, SH), bäjä (IM), bĭjä̆, bijä-du (MA)
Khalkha: bije
Buriat: beje
Kalmuck: bī, bījǝ
Ordos: bije, beje
Dongxian: beije
Dagur: bej(e) (Тод. Даг. 125)
Shary-Yoghur: bǝi
Monguor: bīje (SM 26), (MGCD) buje
Comments: KW 47, MGCD 147. Mong. > Yak., Dolg. beje 'self' (Kaɫ. MEJ 40, Stachowski 57).
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *bǝ̀
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: man
Russian meaning: мужчина
Old Japanese: wo(nokwo), wotokwo
Middle Japanese: wo(noko), wòtòkò
Tokyo: otokó
Kyoto: ótoko
Kagoshima: otokó
Nase: jìNgá
Shuri: jíkígá
Hateruma: bìdùmù
Yonakuni: bìNgà
Comments: JLTT 507, 513. A compound *bǝ̀-nǝ-kua, *bǝ̀-tu-kua lit. 'male child'. The root is attested also separately as OJ wo 'male', as well as in the compound *bǝ-su (OJ wosu, modern osu 'male').
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