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Proto-Turkic: *čigit / *čɨgɨt ( ~ -k-)
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: cotton seed(s)
Russian meaning: хлопковое семя, семена
Karakhanid: čigit (MK - Argu)
Turkish: čɨɣɨt, čiɣit 'seed; freckle'
Middle Turkic: čigit (Sangl., Pav. C); čɨɣɨt 'spots on a pregnant woman's face' (Pav. C.)
Uzbek: čigit
Uighur: čigit
Azerbaidzhan: čijid
Turkmen: čigit 'seed'
Kirghiz: čigit
Kazakh: šijit
Karakalpak: šigit
Comments: EDT 414, TMN 2, 88, Лексика 116.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *č`ik`ò
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: straw, chaff
Russian meaning: солома, мякина
Turkic: *čigit / *čɨgɨt ( ~ -k-)
Mongolian: *čiɣire
Tungus-Manchu: *čixe-
Korean: *čùkɨ́r
Japanese: *tǝkusa
Comments: Дыбо 10, Лексика 116. In Jpn. it is difficult (but probably necessary) to distinguish the reflex of this root from *č`i̯ṑk`e 'forage grass' ( > Jpn. *tukusi 'horse-tail') q. v. The Mongolian form also raises problems: it probably reflects a suffixed *č`ik`rV with a development -kr- > -ɣVr- (cf. similarly buɣurčag < *bŭkrV, uɣurga < *uk`rukV / *uk`urkV); otherwise -ɣ- is very hard to explain.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *čiɣire
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: chaff, straw
Russian meaning: солома
Written Mongolian: čigire, (L 179) čigirsü(n)
Middle Mongolian: čiji'ulsun 'matting' (HY 21)
Khalkha: čijrs
Comments: KW 443. Mong. > Yak. sigiri 'мочалка из лыка, стружки'.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *čixe-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 straw; bast 2 stub, broom remains
Russian meaning: 1 соломинка; лыко 2 пенек, остаток от веника
Literary Manchu: čike-ku 1
Nanai: čixin 2 (Он.)
Comments: ТМС 2, 392.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *čùkɨ́r
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: chaff
Russian meaning: мякина
Modern Korean: čuk-čǝŋi, č:uk-čǝŋi
Middle Korean: čùkɨ́r
Comments: Liu 670, KED 1505.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *tǝkusa
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: a k. of horse-tail
Russian meaning: вид хвоща
Middle Japanese: tòkùsà
Tokyo: tokusá
Kyoto: tókùsà
Kagoshima: tokúsa
Comments: JLTT 549. Kagoshima reflects *tǝ́kúsá, but all other forms reflect low tone, probably under double influence of *kùsà 'grass' and *tùkúsi 'horse-tail' (q.v.).
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *CIḳO
Meaning: chaff
Altaic: *č`ik`ò 'straw, chaff' (cf. also *si̯aku ( ~ z-) )
Uralic: *śuka 'Spreu, Granne' (if not < IIr.)
Kartvelian: *c̣ḳa
Dravidian: *Sak-ai SDr
Comments: Probably 2 roots.
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1619
Proto: *śuka
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: chaff; bristle
German meaning: Spreu, Granne
Finnish: suka 'Borste, Bürste; Striegel, Pferdestriegel', suas (gen. sukaan) 'Borste, Roggenblüte', suki- 'bürsten, striegeln, kämmen'
Estonian: suga (dial. sugi, gen. soe) 'Bürste, Striegel, Hechel; Weberkamm; Bast', suge-, sugi- 'striegeln, kämmen, bürsten'
Saam (Lapp): čǫkko- -g_- (N) 'comb; scrape, currycomb', tjåhkō- (L) 'kämmen, sich kämmen', čokka- (T) 'kämmen'
Mordovian: śuva, śiva (E M) 'Kaff, Spreu; Bart an der Ähre'
Mari (Cheremis): šu (KB U B) 'Kleie, Spreu; Hafergrannen, die sich in der Mühle abspalten', (CÜ CK P) 'Borste; der Stachel des Igels, des Fisches; Widerhaken der Angel', sösna šu (B) 'Schweineborsten'
Udmurt (Votyak): śu-kaś (S) 'Kwaß' ?
Komi (Zyrian): śu (S P PO) 'Roggen (S), Getreide (P PO); Körner (P); Saat (P)', ? śu-ke̮ś (Lu. Le. Ud.) 'Kwaß, Getränk'
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *c̣ḳa
Nostratic: Nostratic
Georgian: c̣ḳa
Georgian meaning (Rus.): необработанные рисовые зерна
Georgian meaning (Engl.): rice grains in husk
Megrel: c̣ḳa
Megrel meaning (Rus.): зерно
Megrel meaning (Eng.): grain
Svan: c̣ḳa
Svan meaning (Rus.): семена тыквы, арбуза ( < мегр.)
Svan meaning (Eng.): pumpkin/watermelon seeds (< Megr.)
Notes and references: EWK 504. Возможно ЗК происхождение корня: ср. убых. ć̣ǝḳ́ 'косточка (плода)', каб. ṣāč̣a 'мякина' < ПЗК *ć̣Vḳ́(w)V 'отходы (от фруктов, зерновых)' < ПСК *c̣HweḳĔ 'солома, мякина' (см. NCED 364).
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