Proto-Altaic: face="Times New Roman Star"*seґjra ( ? z-)

Nostratic: face="Times New Roman Star"Nostratic

Meaning: face="Times New Roman Star"three, a three-part object

Russian meaning: face="Times New Roman Star"три, трехчастный предмет

Mongolian: face="Times New Roman Star"*sere‘e

Korean: face="Times New Roman Star"*sЌЇih

Japanese: face="Times New Roman Star"*saґraґpiґ

Comments: face="Times New Roman Star"SKE 225, PKE 171. Medial *-j- is reconstructed to account for loss of *-r- in Kor. Cf. perhaps also Man. sertej 'three-lipped, having a harelip'; MKor. sЌ°h—°rЌ°i, mod. s:Ќre 'rake, harrow' ( = Mong. *sere‘e).

Proto-Altaic: face="Times New Roman Star"*џ[iёu]

Nostratic: face="Times New Roman Star"Nostratic

Meaning: face="Times New Roman Star"three, thirty

Russian meaning: face="Times New Roman Star"три, тридцать

Turkic: face="Times New Roman Star"*oturґ

Mongolian: face="Times New Roman Star"*gu-

Japanese: face="Times New Roman Star"*mi-

Comments: face="Times New Roman Star"? Cf. also Turk. *µ‰ (*Ј‰) 'three' (ЭСТЯ 1, 641-642, Stachowski 254). The match is somewhat problematic, basically because of the absence of the TM cognate, shortness of the root and unclear suffixation. The basic phonological correspondence pointing to PA *џ- is, however, observed, and the parallel seems to be worth noting.