Turkic etymology :

Proto-Turkic: *uman

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: worm

Russian meaning: червь

Chuvash: ъʷman

Comments: Isolated in Chuvash, but probably archaic.

Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *p`[ò]jamV

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: snake

Russian meaning: змея

Turkic: *uman

Mongolian: *jamu

Tungus-Manchu: *püjmur

Korean: *pắjàm

Japanese: *pàim(p)V̂

Comments: Martin 251, АПиПЯЯ 91, 278. Due to contractions of the sequence *-VjV-, the vowels are somewhat difficult to reconstruct.

Mongolian etymology :

Proto-Mongolian: *jamu

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 worm (causing e. g. toothache) 2 farcy, glanders

Russian meaning: 1 червь (вызывающий, напр., зубную боль) 2 сап

Written Mongolian: jamu, (L 426) jama

Khalkha: jam 2

Kalmuck: jam 1

Ordos: jamu, jama 'chancre, cancer'

Shary-Yoghur: jam 2

Comments: KW 214, MGCD 734.

Tungus etymology :

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *püjmur

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: dragon, monster (resembling a constrictor, crocodile or sheat-fish)

Russian meaning: дракон, чудовище (напоминающее удава, крокодила или сома)

Negidal: ximu

Ulcha: pujmu(l)

Orok: pomoị

Nanai: pujmur

Oroch: ximu, sīmu

Comments: ТМС 1, 466.

Korean etymology :

Proto-Korean: *pắjàm

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: snake

Russian meaning: змея

Modern Korean: pǟm

Middle Korean: pắjàm

Comments: Nam 242, KED 756.

Japanese etymology :

Proto-Japanese: *pàim(p)V̂

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: snake

Russian meaning: змея

Old Japanese: pemji

Middle Japanese: fèmí

Tokyo: hébi

Kyoto: hèbí

Kagoshima: héT

Nase: hàbú

Shuri: hábù

Hateruma: pa_̀kù

Comments: JLTT 404.

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *ṗVjmV

Meaning: snake

Altaic: *p`[ò]jamV

Uralic: ? Sam. *pu(y)ńъ 'worm'

Dravidian: *pām-

Eskimo-Aleut: *pamǝju- (-ʁa-) ?

References: ND 1731 *ṗVyämV([b]V) 'snake'.

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *pām-

Meaning : snake

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *pāmb-

Proto-Telugu : *pām-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *pām

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *pāmb-

Meaning : snake

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : pāmpu

Tamil meaning : snake

Tamil derivates : pāppu, in: pāppu-ppakai Garuda, the enemy of serpents (cf. 3808); (lex.) pā snake

Malayalam : pāmpu

Malayalam meaning : snake

Kannada : pāvu

Kannada meaning : snake

Kodagu : pāmbɨ

Kodagu meaning : snake

Tulu : hāvu

Tulu meaning : snake (< Ka.)

Tulu derivates : pāmbolụ a kind of flat, long fish; pāmbolụ-kērè rat-snake (cf. 2011)

Proto-Nilgiri : *pāb

Number in DED : 4085

Nilgiri etymology :

Proto-Nilgiri : *pāb

Meaning : snake

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : pāb

Toda : pōb

Additional forms : Also Toda ōf snake (in songs; < Badaga hāvu)

Number in DED : 4085

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *pām-

Meaning : snake

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : pāmu

Number in DED : 4085

Kolami-Gadba etymology :

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *pām

Meaning : snake

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kolami : pām

Naikri : pām

Naiki : pām

Parji : bām

Ollari Gadba : bām

Salur Gadba : bāmu

Poya Gadba : bāmb

Number in DED : 4085

Eskimo etymology :

Proto-Eskimo: *pamǝju- (-ʁa-)

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: tail, back part

Russian meaning: хвост, задняя часть

Proto-Yupik: *pamǝju-(ʁa-)

Proto-Inupik: *pamiu-, *pamia- (-lluɣ)

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 248, 249

Yupik etymology :

Proto-Yupik: *pamǝju-(ʁa-)

Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology

Meaning: tail 1, back part of carcass 2, bulge at base of harpoon 3, tailbone, coccyx 4

Russian Meaning: хвост 1, задняя часть туши 2, выступ основания гарпуна 3, хвостовая кость, копчик 4

Sirenik: pamjúʁaχ 2, pamjá 3

Chaplino: pamjúʁaq (t) 2, 4, pāmjuk (ɣǝt) 3

Naukan: pamjúk 1, //pamjuɣaq 4 [Av.]

Alutiiq Alaskan Yupik: pamjuq 1, pamjuʁualuk 4, pamjuχsūn 'anal fin'

Chugach (Birket-Smith): pami̮u̮a (3sg.) 1 (of mammal)

Central Alaskan Yupik: pamjuq 1

CAY Dialects: LI pamjuqaq 4

Egegik (Peripheral): Y pamǝsquq 4, pamǝsqataq 'dried fish tail'

Chevak (Peripheral): pamjuχauluq 4

Nunivak (Peripheral): pammisoχ* 1

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 248, 249

Inupik etymology :

Proto-Inupik: *pąmių-, *pamia- (-lluɣ)

Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology

Meaning: tail (of an animal) 1, tailbone, coccyx 2, peg, tail end of arrow or harpoon 3

Russian meaning: хвост животного 1, хвостовая кость, копчик 2, зазубрина стрелы, гарпуна 3

Seward Peninsula Inupik: pamiuq 1, pamialuk 2

SPI Dialects: Imaq pamjúq 1, pamēluq 'flesh with hip-bones', W pąmioq* (iūk, iūt) 1

North Alaskan Inupik: pamiuq 1, pamialluk 2

NAI Dialects: B, Ingl pąmioq*, Mal pamiaɫɫuk 2

Western Canadian Inupik: pamiuq 1, pamialluk 'end of spine and buttocks'

WCI Dialects: Cor, M pąmioq* 1

Eastern Canadian Inupik: pamiuq 1, pamialluk 2, pamiaq 3

Greenlandic Inupik: pamiuq (pamioq*) 1, pamiaɫɫuk 2, pamiaq 3

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 248, 249

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