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Eskimo etymology :

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Proto-Eskimo: *qavǝ-(ɣa-)
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: duck, eider, bird
Russian meaning: утка, гага, птица
Proto-Yupik: *qavǝ-(ɣa-)
Proto-Inupik: *qavǝ(ɣ), *qauɣa-
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 292
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Yupik etymology :

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Proto-Yupik: *qavǝ-(ɣa-)
Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology
Meaning: bird
Russian Meaning: птица
Sirenik: qáfqǝχ
Chaplino: qawāk (ɣǝt), káɣwaq*, káwák*; kawáxpɨk* 'eagle'
Naukan: qáɣusaq (t) 'trap for birds', ?? káʁǝtχēχaq 'grey gull'
Alutiiq Alaskan Yupik: qauq 'barnacle; казарка'
Chugach (Birket-Smith): qajạ̄χiq 'eider'
Central Alaskan Yupik: qaɣʷǝq (ʁ), qaɣʷīq (ʁ) 'spectacled eider'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 292, 276
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Inupik etymology :

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Proto-Inupik: *qạvǝ(ɣ), *qạụɣa-
Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology
Meaning: eider 1, duck 2
Russian meaning: гага 1, утка 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: qawiq 1 [Shishmareff]
SPI Dialects: Imaq qātaq 'game-bird', W kawąk* (iɣik, iɣit) 2
North Alaskan Inupik: qauɣak 2, qavāsuk 'spectacled eider'
NAI Dialects: B kauwąk* (kauɣait) 2
Western Canadian Inupik: qauɣaq 1
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 292
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *kVṗV
Meaning: a k. of bird
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *kops-
Altaic: *ki̯òpù
Uralic: *kopa-la/l'a (-oppa-)
Kartvelian: Georg. ḳaṗoeti, ḳaṗueti 'a bird older than 1 year'
Dravidian: SDr *kuppuḷ- 'a k. of bird'
Eskimo-Aleut: *qavǝ-(ɣa-) ?
Chukchee-Kamchatkan: *kavalŋ̣ĭ- (cf. also Chuk. qǝ́ptǝ-qǝp (I) 'гусь-гуменник')
References: ND 910a (Kartv.-Drav.-IE + SH?).
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *kops-
Meaning: blackbird
Old Greek: kópsikho-s (/ -ikos, -ükos) m. [ kóssüpho-s ( att. -tt-) m. `Amsel, Turdus merula' ]
Slavic: *kosъ `черный дрозд'
Russ. meaning: птица (черный дрозд)
References: WP I 457
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: кос
Near etymology: "скворец", диал. (Даль), укр. кiс, род. п. коса́, русск.-цслав. косъ κόσσυφος, болг. кос, сербохорв. ко̑с, мн. ч. ко̏сови, словен. kọ̑s, чеш., польск., в.-луж., н.-луж. kos.
Further etymology: Родственно атт. κόψιχος, греч. κόσσυφος "черный дрозд"; см. Бецценбергер--Фик, ВВ, 6, 237; Педерсен, IF 5, 58; Бернекер 1, 585; Мейе, МSL 18, 171 и сл.; Траутман, ВSW 117; Фик, GGA, 1894, стр. 239.
Pages: 2,344
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 1004
Root: kopso-
English meaning: blackbird
German meaning: `Amsel'
General comments: (: k̂op- `Schallwurzel'?)
Material: Gr. κόψ-ιχος `Amsel', κόσσυ-φος (diss. aus *κοψ-υφος) ds.;

    russ.-ksl. (usw.) kosъ `Amsel'. - Meillet legt (MSL 18, 171) unter Annahme von idg. - (das in kosъ wegen des folgenden s als k festgehalten sei) eine Schallwurzel k̂op- zugrunde: ksl. sopǫ `spiele die Flöte', abg. sopьcь `αὐλητής', russ. sopětь `keuchen' usw. und ai. śáb-d-a- m. `Laut, Schall, Rede, Wort' (zum -d-Suffix in Worten für Lärm s. Brugmann II2 1, 467), śápati `verflucht', -tē `beteuert, gelobt'.

References: WP. I 457, Trautmann 299.
Pages: 614-615
PIE database: PIE database
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *ki̯òpù
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: a k. of aquatic bird
Russian meaning: вид водной птицы
Tungus-Manchu: *kiab-
Japanese: *kùpìnà
Comments: A Tung.-Jpn. isogloss. It is worth noting Yak. kuba 'swan' - usually derived from PT *Kugu, but with a quite inexplicable -b-; it is, in fact, possible that some other Turkic forms - cf. Turkm. Guv, Nogh. quv etc. also go back to PT *Kub(a) - naturally confused in most modern languages with the reflexed of *Kugu (see under *kū̀gù).
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *kiab-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: sea gull
Russian meaning: морская чайка
Ulcha: qē̂wara
Orok: qē̂wu
Comments: ТМС 1, 386.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *kùpìnà
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: a k. of water bird
Russian meaning: болотный пастушок, Rallus aquaticus indicus
Old Japanese: kupjina
Middle Japanese: kùfìnà
Tokyo: kuina
Comments: JLTT 462.
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 356
Proto: *kopa-la/l'a (-oppa-)
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: black-hen
German meaning: Auerhenne; Tetrao urogallus
Finnish: koppelo 'Auerhenne; Tetrao urogallus'
Saam (Lapp): goap'pel (N), kåhppēl (L), ki̊øhpel (T), kuøihpel (Kld. Not.)
Mari (Cheremis): kŭwŭlzŭ (J), kuwǝ̑lćǝ̑ (C)
Mansi (Vogul): kaĺā.m (TJ), χoĺǝm (KU), koĺǝm (P) ?
Addenda: Kar. koppala; Lüd. koppaл
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Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology :

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Proto-Chukchee-Kamchatkan: *kavalŋ̣ĭ-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning (Rus.): ласточка
Proto-Chukchee-Koryak: *kafaɫŋɨqa (~ *q-)
Proto-Itelmen: *kǝ'alHǝ- ~ *kǝ'alHǝ-
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Chukchee-Koryak etymology :

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Proto-Chukchee-Koryak: *kafaɫŋɨqa (~ *q-)
Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology: Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology
Meaning (Rus.): ласточка 1, малая чайка 2
Chukchee: qaacʔeq (+АБ) 2
Koryak: qawaĺŋiq, qawaĺŋǝq 1
Palan: qawaĺŋeq, kawaĺŋeq 1
Alutor: kawaĺŋiq(a) 1
Comments: Ср. пал. ĺŋǝ-tken 'утка-каменушка' (ЯПК 208).
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Itelmen etymology :

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Proto-Itelmen: *kǝ'alHǝ- ~ *kǝ'alHǝ-
Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology: Chukchee-Kamchatkan etymology
Meaning (Rus.): ласточка
Itelmen: 'at-kaĺa-čh 2
Itelmen meaning: ласточка 1, стриж 2
West Itelmen: 'at́x-k(l)ɨ'alɨ-č, 'at́ɣ-k(l)ɨ'alɨ-č
West Itelmen meaning: hirundo riparia
West Itelmen meaning (Polish): jaskóɫka
South Itelmen: ka'ǝnk-čič
South Itelmen meaning (Latin): hirundo riparia
South Itelmen meaning (Polish): jaskóɫka
Number in Volodin 1976: 132
Comments: Слово со сбитыми соответствиями. Использование Дыбовским "ы" = [ɨ] после -l- указывает на наличие велярного или гортанного элемента после -l- в конце основы. В юж. камч. -nkč- < *-lxč-. В зап. камч. и ИРС сложение с корнем *'atx- 'белый, светлый'.
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : KVPV
Meaning : a k. of bird
Eurasiatic : *kVṗV
Afroasiatic : *ʕuḳab-
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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕuḳab-
Meaning: vulture
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Semitic: *ʕuḳāb- 'vulture'
Central Chadic: *kwaHVb-
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Semitic etymology :

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Number: 1191
Proto-Semitic: *ʕuḳāb-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'vulture' 1, 'bird' 2
Arabic: ʕuḳāb- 1
Mehri: ʔaḳabit 2
Jibbali: ʕeṣ̃yet 2
Harsusi: ʔaḳāb 2
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Central Chadic etymology :

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Proto-CChadic: *kwaHVb-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'kite'
Boka: koḅi Kr N 202]
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