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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *[x]amū-
Meaning: 1 faeces, dung 2 to defecate 3 snuff, thief (in a pipe)
Russian meaning: 1 испражнения, кал, помет 2 испражняться 3 нагар (в трубке)
Evenki: amū-n 1, amū-n- 2
Even: amụ 3
Negidal: amụn 1, amụt- 2
Spoken Manchu: hamǝ (100) 1, hamǝtǝ- (101) 2
Literary Manchu: χamu 1, χamu-ta- 2
Ulcha: amụ 1, amčị- 2
Orok: amụ(n) 1, amụ- 2
Nanai: amõ 1, am-čị- 2
Oroch: amụ 1
Udighe: amu- 1, amukta- 2
Solon: amụ̃ 1
Comments: ТМС 1, 40. No doubt a common TM root, although phonology is extremely peculiar. Initial *x- is indicated here by Manchu χ- (which is a facultative reflex of PTM *x-, more often disappearing in Manchu) and supported by external evidence. If this is the case, the Southern forms (Nanai, Orok and Ulcha) are to be explained as Northern (but not Manchu!) loanwords. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-evn,tunget-neg,tunget-sib,tunget-man,tunget-ulc,tunget-ork,tunget-nan,tunget-orc,tunget-ude,tunget-sol,tunget-reference,
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *k`amo
Meaning: dung, faeces
Russian meaning: помет, испражнения
Comments: A Western isogloss. PM *komu-gal < *kamu-gal, with a frequent rounding before -u- in a polysyllabic form.
altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-reference,
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *Kom-
Meaning: 1 horse dung 2 sheep dung balls 3 round, spheroid
Russian meaning: 1 конский помет 2 катышки овечьего помета 3 круглый, шарообразный
Middle Turkic: qumal 3, qumalaɣ 2
Kazakh: qumalaq 2
Comments: EDT 627, VEWT 299. Cf. also Chag. qombul 'round knob' (VEWT 279; the isolated Kalm. qumbaji-, qumbiji- 'sich zusammenballen', see KW 196) may have a Turkic origin). turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-krh,turcet-chg,turcet-kaz,turcet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *komu-
Meaning: horse dung
Russian meaning: конский помет
Written Mongolian: qomuɣul, qomul (L 961) Middle Mongolian: qomaul (SH, Козин) Khalkha: xomōl
Kalmuck: xomāl
monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-mmo,monget-hal,monget-kal,monget-reference,
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