Proto-Altaic: *p`et`V ( ~ p-, -t-)
Meaning: to pinch
Russian meaning: щипать, брать щепотку
Comments: Lee 1958, 109. A Tung.-Kor. isogloss, with usual vowel loss between two stops in Kor. Cf. *pàt`á. On possible reflexes in Turkic and Mongolian (a result of contamination) see under *p`ắt`à(-kV).