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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *silV
Meaning: to see, inspect
Comments: [Alt. *sili : Ur. *silV is a better match, phonetically and semantically]
References: ND 2202 (+ Celt. *sul- 'eye'?) nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-alt,nostret-ura,nostret-notes,nostret-reference,
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *sili ( ~ *z-, -e)
Meaning: {to choose, inspect}
Russian meaning: выбирать, обследовать
Comments: In Jap. cf. also sirus- 'to denote, mark', sirusi 'sign' (with high tone); the tonal reconstruction is not clear, because in Jap. the root is actively contaminating with *sìrà(m)pa- 'to tune, play music' and *sír- 'to know'.}
altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: {*sil-
Meaning: 1 to choose 2 to examine, check, select
Russian meaning: 1 выбирать 2 исследовать, проверять
Written Mongolian: sili- 1, silɣa- 2 (L 706, 707) Khalkha: šile- 1, šalga- 2
Comments: }
monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-hal,monget-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: {*sil-
Meaning: 1 to choose 2 to test 3 to promise, warn, report
Russian meaning: 1 выбирать 2 испытывать, проверять 3 обещать, предостерегать, указывать
Evenki: sinma- 1, silba- 3
Even: hị̄nmъ̣- 1, hịlbъ̣- 3
Literary Manchu: simne- 2
Orok: sịlma- 1
Solon: š́ilbā- 3
Comments: ТМС 2, 83, 89. Man. > Dag. šimne- (Тод. Даг. 183). Most languages except Orok reflect a nasal assimilation.} tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-evn,tunget-man,tunget-ork,tunget-sol,tunget-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: {*sìrà(m)pa-
Meaning: to investigate, inspect
Russian meaning: исследовать, наблюдать
Middle Japanese: sìràba-
Tokyo: shirabé-
Kyoto: shírábé-
Kagoshima: shìràbè-
japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-comments,
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Uralic etymology :
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Number: 977
Proto: *śilmä
English meaning: eye
German meaning: Auge
Finnish: silmä 'Auge'
Estonian: silm (gen. silma)
Saam (Lapp): čâĺ'bme -lm- (N), tjaĺmē (L), čailme (T), čailm (Kld.), čailm, čøilm (Not.)
Mordovian: śeĺme (E), śeĺmä (M)
Mari (Cheremis): sǝnzä (KB), šińća (U M B)
Udmurt (Votyak): śin (śinm-) (S G), śiń (śińm-) (S J), śim (śimm-) (Uf.)
Komi (Zyrian): śin (śinm-) (SP), śin (PO)
Khanty (Ostyak): sem (V DN O)
Mansi (Vogul): šäm (TJ KU P), sam (So.)
Hungarian: szëm
Nenets (Yurak): sew (O), häem (Lj.)
Enets (Yen): sei
Nganasan (Tawgi): śäime
Selkup: sai, saj (Ta.), sai (Ke.), hai (N)
Kamass: sima, simǝ
Janhunen's version: (30) *s'ilmä
Sammalahti's version: *s'ilmä
Addenda: Koib. sima; Mot. sima; Karag. sjimidä; Taig. schimedä
uralet-proto,uralet-prnum,uralet-meaning,uralet-germmean,uralet-fin,uralet-est,uralet-saa,uralet-mrd,uralet-mar,uralet-udm,uralet-kom,uralet-khn,uralet-man,uralet-ugr,uralet-nen,uralet-enc,uralet-nga,uralet-slk,uralet-kam,uralet-janh,uralet-samm2,uralet-add,
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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : CVLV
Meaning : to see, eye
Notes : So far only Eurasiatic (and far from certain).
globet-meaning,globet-nostr,globet-notes,
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