South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *nāg-

Meaning : young, youth

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : nāku

Tamil meaning : youthfulness, tenderness, juvenility, femininity, female of erumai, marai, and per_r_am, female snail, sea-snail, conch, sapling, female calf, heifer, female fish

Malayalam : nāku

Malayalam meaning : n. pr. of women

Malayalam derivates : ā-nāku heifer

Tulu : nāku

Tulu meaning : female calf

Proto-Nilgiri : *nāg

Number in DED : 3634

Nilgiri etymology :

Proto-Nilgiri : *nāg

Meaning : female buffalo calf between two and three years old

South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology

Kota : nāg

Toda : nōx

Number in DED : 3634

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *nāg-

Meaning : young; female

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *nāg-

Proto-Telugu : *nāg-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *Nāg- (*-v-)

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *nāg-

Meaning : damsel

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : ela-nāga

Additional forms : Also ? [1] nāti, [2] nātuka woman

Number in DED : 3634

Kolami-Gadba etymology :

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *Nāg- (*-v-)

Meaning : pig

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Parji : nēva "female pig"

Number in DED : 3634

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *nVKV

Meaning: younger (female) relative

Indo-European: Hitt. nega- 'sister'

Altaic: *nek`V

Dravidian: *nāg-

References: Blazh. DA 157; ND 1538a *NAkV 'woman' (some confusion with 1544 *n̄EḳU; + Cush.).

Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *nek`V

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: friend, relative

Russian meaning: друг, родственник

Mongolian: *nökör

Tungus-Manchu: *neku-

Comments: A Mong.-Tung. isogloss. The root seems to be different from *nī̀k`e and *ńi̯ṑge, although there may have been some natural confusion. It is interesting to note Jpn. naka(ma) 'friend' - perhaps a secondary contamination with naka 'middle'?

Mongolian etymology :

Proto-Mongolian: *nökör

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: friend

Russian meaning: друг

Written Mongolian: nökör (L 593: nökür)

Middle Mongolian: nokor (HY 31, SH), nūkǝr (IM)

Khalkha: nöxör

Buriat: nüxer

Kalmuck: nökṛ

Ordos: nöχör

Dongxian: nokiǝ

Baoan: noker (Тод. Бн.)

Dagur: nugur (Тод. Даг. 158)

Shary-Yoghur: nökör

Monguor: nokor (SM 283), nukor (Huzu) 3

Comments: KW 279, MGCD 515. Despite Doerfer TMN 1, 521ff the attested MMong. noko'e (SH; = nököɣe) 'other, second' does not prove that the original meaning was 'other': cf. Russ. другой 'other', transparently derived < друг 'friend'). Mong. > Chuv. kǝr-nüker 'дружка' (see Róna-Tas KM).

Tungus etymology :

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *neku-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: younger relative (sister / brother)

Russian meaning: младший родственник (сестра / брат)

Evenki: nekū

Negidal: nexu(n)

Literary Manchu: neχu 'slave girl'

Ulcha: neku(n)

Orok: noko(nō)

Nanai: neku

Oroch: neku

Udighe: nêä-diga

Solon: nexũ

Comments: ТМС 1, 617-618. The Manchu word could be derived from MMong. nekun 'servant' (see Rozycki 161), on which see *nī̀k`e, but may as well be derived from *neku, with its meaning being a result of confusing the two roots. In Manchu we also have neku 'a woman's female friend', and in Jurch. - nekur 'friend', both of which can be borrowed < Mong. (see Rozycki 162). See also notes to *neŋu- (sub *nĕ́ŋu).

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