Uralic etymology : List with all references

Number: 1071

Proto: *tiwä ( ~ -ne)

English meaning: calm, quiet

German meaning: still, ruhig (>FW tief)

Finnish: syvä 'tief' ( *süvä-ne > Saam. N sâvo -vvun- 'smoothly flowing stretch of water in a big river', L savō(i), savōn, savvun 'Strecke ruhigen Wassers', Ko. P sā̮v^a 'Stillwasser zwischen zwei Stromschnellen'), syvyys 'Tiefe, Schlund', syvänne 'Vertiefung, Einsenkung', suvanto (dial. syväntö, syventö) 'ruhig fließendes Wasser'; tyven (gen. tyvenen) 'ruhig, still; stilles Wetter, stille Luft', tyyni (gen. tyynen) 'ruhig; Windstille'

Estonian: sügav (gen. sügava), dial. süva, süvä 'tief; Tiefe'; tüve 'still, ruhig', tüvene (gen. tüvese)

Saam (Lapp): dâvve -v- 'the water far out, deep water; deep part of the river; north', dâvvani- 'get farther out from the shore; set out on a long journey', dâvven 'down by the sea, from down by the sea; in the north, from the north' (N), tavvēn 'im Westen; draußen auf dem See od. Fluß', tavās 'hinaus auf den See; näher zum Feuer (im Zelt)' (L), ta_ivve (T), tø_ivv (Kld.) 'die Meerestiefe', ta_ivven (Kld.), tø̄vas (Not.) 'weit vom Ufer', tavval (Not. A) 'Norden'

Mari (Cheremis): tü-l (KB), tüjü̆-l (M) 'das Äußere, außen-', tünǝ (KB), tünö (U) 'außerhalb, außen', tüɣǝ, tüän (KB), tüɣö, tüɣan, tüan (U), tüjän (B) 'hinaus, heraus', tünö (B) 'draußen', tüjǝ̑ć 'von außen', tüɣö 'aus'

Komi (Zyrian): teɣǝn (V), tewǝn (DN O) 'still, ruhig', tȧ̆ɣ_oǝn лȧɣǝл (Trj.) 'bei windigem Wetter auf offenem Wasser in der Ferne sichtbare stille Fläche'

Mansi (Vogul): tüwē^.t́ (TČ), tǟwǝt (KU), tawant (So.) 'ruhig, still'

Sammalahti's version: *tiwä

Addenda: Liv. te̮và, dial. tivà, tüvà 'tief, weit nach innen', te̮'uvǝ̑ mō̮lǝ̑ 'weit ins Land'

Eurasiatic: *ṭejwV

Meaning: calm

Altaic: Mong. *tüb (KW 417-418) [or rather *t`ĕ̀ja ~ *t`ĕ̀jba]

Uralic: *tiwä ( ~ -ne)

References: МССНЯ 367.

Proto-Altaic: *t`ĕ̀ja

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: calm, quiet

Russian meaning: спокойный, тихий

Mongolian: *tajibu-

Tungus-Manchu: *teje-

Japanese: *tàjá-, *tàjù-

Comments: Mong. and TM reflect a common derivative *t`ĕ̀ja-bV.

Proto-Mongolian: *tajibu-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: quiet, calm

Russian meaning: спокойный, тихий

Written Mongolian: tajibuu, tajibu (L 767)

Khalkha: taivū

Buriat: tajban 'peace; calm'

Ordos: tǟwū

Comments: Cf. also taibu-ra-, taibusi-ra- 'to be quiet', taibuŋ 'peace' (borrowing from Chinese is hardly possible).

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *teje-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 to live 2 to be quiet, rest

Russian meaning: 1 жить 2 быть спокойным, отдыхать

Evenki: tiwān- 1

Even: tiwnъ- 2

Negidal: tejewan- 1

Literary Manchu: teje- 2

Nanai: tein- 2

Oroch: tēŋkuči- (caus.)

Comments: ТМС 2, 174-175, 236.

Proto-Japanese: *tàjá-, *tàjù-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 to interrupt (of breath); stop 2 to be tired, lazy

Russian meaning: 1 прерываться (о дыхании), останавливаться 2 уставать, лениться

Old Japanese: taja- 1

Middle Japanese: tàjà- 1, tàjù-m- 2

Tokyo: taé- 1

Kyoto: táè- 1

Kagoshima: tàè- 1

Comments: JLTT 761, 766.

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