Japanese etymology : Query result

Proto-Japanese: *átúkáp-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to take care of, deal with

Russian meaning: заботиться, иметь дело с

Old Japanese: atukap- 'to worry'

Middle Japanese: átúkáf-

Tokyo: àtsuka-, atsuká-

Kyoto: átsúká-

Kagoshima: atsuká-

Comments: JLTT 678.

Proto-Japanese: *àwà

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: foam

Russian meaning: пена

Old Japanese: awa

Middle Japanese: àwà

Tokyo: awá

Kyoto: áwà

Kagoshima: awá

Comments: JLTT 387.

Proto-Japanese: *áwá-tá-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to hurry, scurry

Russian meaning: спешить, суетиться

Middle Japanese: awata-, RJ áfátú

Tokyo: àwate-

Kyoto: áwáté-

Kagoshima: awaté-

Comments: JLTT 679.

Proto-Japanese: *àwǝ̀-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: green, blue

Russian meaning: зеленый, синий

Old Japanese: awo-

Middle Japanese: àwò-

Tokyo: aó-

Kyoto: áo-

Kagoshima: aó-

Nase: ṓ-

Shuri: ṓ-

Hateruma: ṑ-

Yonakuni: àù-či_́čí

Comments: JLTT 825.

Proto-Japanese: *bà-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: I, we

Russian meaning: я, мы

Old Japanese: wa-

Middle Japanese: wàré, wátákúsí

Tokyo: wàtashi

Kyoto: wàte

Kagoshima: ói

Nase: wáǸ

Shuri: wáŃ 1, wáttā́ 2

Hateruma: bànù

Yonakuni: ánù

Comments: The form watakusi is regarded by Mochizuki 1971 as *wa-tu-(a)ku si 'my place direction', and by Martin (JLTT 569) as *ba-tukusi 'exhaust me' or 'I exhaust'. Rising accent in wátákúsí is unclear.

Proto-Japanese: *bà

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: place

Russian meaning: место

Old Japanese: pa 'edge'

Middle Japanese: bà

Tokyo: bà

Kyoto: bà

Kagoshima: bà

Comments: JLTT 390. All sources except Tokyo point to low tone. A rare case of preservation of *b- (which normally gives OJ w-), probably for syntactic reasons - the word is usually employed in genitive constructions, *-nǝ ba > *-mba > ba.

Proto-Japanese: *bà

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: wheel

Russian meaning: колесо

Old Japanese: wa

Middle Japanese: wà

Tokyo: wá

Kyoto: wā̌

Kagoshima: wà

Comments: JLTT 567.

Proto-Japanese: *bai ( ~ bia)

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: bait

Russian meaning: приманка, наживка

Old Japanese: we

Tokyo: é

Kyoto: ē̂

Kagoshima: è

Comments: JLTT 392. Accent reconstruction is not quite clear.

Proto-Japanese: *bái-m-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to smile

Russian meaning: улыбаться

Old Japanese: wem-

Middle Japanese: wém-

Tokyo: em-

Comments: Cf. also OJ we-rak- 'to laugh with joy' (another derivative of the same root). See JLTT 681.

Proto-Japanese: *bák-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to boil, seethe

Russian meaning: кипеть, варить(ся)

Old Japanese: wak-

Middle Japanese: wák-

Tokyo: wàk-

Kyoto: wák-

Kagoshima: wák-

Comments: JLTT 783.

Proto-Japanese: *bàkà-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: young

Russian meaning: молодой

Old Japanese: waka-

Middle Japanese: wàkà-

Tokyo: waká-

Kyoto: wáka-

Kagoshima: waká-

Comments: JLTT 844.

Proto-Japanese: *bàká-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to divide

Russian meaning: делить

Old Japanese: waka-

Middle Japanese: wàka-

Tokyo: waké-

Kyoto: wàkè-

Kagoshima: wàkè-

Comments: JLTT 783.

Proto-Japanese: *bàkàr-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to understand

Russian meaning: понимать

Old Japanese: wakar-

Middle Japanese: wàkàr-

Tokyo: wakár-

Kyoto: wákár-

Kagoshima: wàkàr-

Comments: JLTT 782.

Proto-Japanese: *bàkì

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: side (of body)

Russian meaning: бок

Old Japanese: wakji

Middle Japanese: wàkì

Tokyo: wakí

Kyoto: wákì

Kagoshima: wàkí

Comments: JLTT 567.

Proto-Japanese: *bàkù

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: spool, rim, frame

Russian meaning: катушка, обод

Tokyo: wakú

Kyoto: wákù

Kagoshima: wakú

Comments: JLTT 567.

Proto-Japanese: *bàmià-k- ( ~ -ai-)

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to howl

Russian meaning: выть

Middle Japanese: wamek-, womek-

Tokyo: wamék-

Kyoto: wámék-

Kagoshima: wàmèk-

Comments: JLTT 783.

Proto-Japanese: *bàni

Meaning: crocodile

Russian meaning: крокодил

Old Japanese: wànì

Tokyo: wánì

Kyoto: wáni

Comments: JLTT 568. The accent correspondences are quite irregular, but most dialects (except Kagoshima) still point to a low tone in first syllable.

Proto-Japanese: *bánsá-pápí

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: damage, harm, disaster

Russian meaning: вред, несчастье

Old Japanese: wazapap(j)i

Middle Japanese: wazafafi

Tokyo: wàzawai

Kyoto: wázáwái

Kagoshima: wazawái

Comments: JLTT 569.

Proto-Japanese: *bár-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to divide, split

Russian meaning: разделять, расщеплять

Old Japanese: war-

Middle Japanese: wár-

Tokyo: wàr-

Kyoto: wár-

Kagoshima: wár-

Comments: JLTT 783.

Proto-Japanese: *bàrà(m)pì

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: a k. of fern

Russian meaning: вид папоротника

Old Japanese: warabji

Middle Japanese: wàràbì, wàràfì

Tokyo: wárabi

Kyoto: wáràbì

Kagoshima: warabí

Comments: JLTT 568. The Tokyo accent is irregular (pointing to a variant *bàràpí). Cf. perhaps also *bàrá 'straw'.