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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *geb-re-
Meaning: 1 to become weak, fragile 2 fragile
Russian meaning: 1 слабеть, становиться хрупким 2 хрупкий
Karakhanid: kevre- 1, kevrek 2 (MK) Turkish: gevre- 1, gevrek 2
Uzbek: kuwrak 2
Azerbaidzhan: kövräk 2
Khakassian: kibrek 2
Chuvash: kavraj- 1
Yakut: kebirē- 1 (possibly < Mong.)
Kirghiz: küjrö- 1
Kazakh: küjrek 2
Bashkir: käwert 'a tree rotten inside'
Gagauz: gevrek 1
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *kăpi
Meaning: to break, fragile
Russian meaning: ломать, хрупкий
Comments: EAS 145, Владимирцов 153-154, 258, Poppe 45. One cannot exclude Mong. < Turk. in this case. An expressive Western isogloss. Cf. also *k`ĕ̀p`e (and Ozawa 201). altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *kebere-
Meaning: 1 fragile 2 to break down
Russian meaning: 1 хрупкий 2 ломаться
Written Mongolian: kebereg, keberig 1, kebere-, kebire- 2 (L 439) Middle Mongolian: keberek (HY 54) 1, kebge-, kebke- 'zu Staub zertreten' (SH) Khalkha: xevreg 1, xevre- 2
Buriat: xebreg 1
Kalmuck: kewreg, kǖrǝg 1
Ordos: kewerek 1
Baoan: kurǝg
Shary-Yoghur: kebreg
Monguor: kērig (SM 198), kēreG Comments: KW 229-230, MGCD 338. monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-mmo,monget-hal,monget-bur,monget-kal,monget-ord,monget-bao,monget-yuy,monget-mgr,monget-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *kab-
Meaning: 1 to break, destroy, press 2 to squeeze, knead
Russian meaning: 1 ломать, разрушать, давить 2 мять
Even: qawъ̣q-, qawъ̣l- 1
Negidal: kawjụ- 2
Comments: ТМС 1, 357, 358. The root is expressive and has several variants: *kab- (see above); *kapu- reflected in Man. qafur 'crackling', Nan. qapo-qapo id., Ul. qapụ(r) id., Orok qapụli- 'to break', Evn. qabъr-, Evk. kapu- id. (see ТМС 1, 377-378); *kupu- in Manchu kufujen 'fragile'. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evn,tunget-neg,tunget-reference,
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