Japanese etymology : Query result

Proto-Japanese: *nínkír-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to hold in the hand

Russian meaning: хватать, держать в руке

Old Japanese: nigjir-

Middle Japanese: nígír-

Tokyo: nìgir-

Kyoto: nígír-

Kagoshima: nìgìr-

Comments: JLTT 735.

Proto-Japanese: *nípá

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: yard

Russian meaning: двор

Old Japanese: nipa

Middle Japanese: nífá

Tokyo: nìwa

Kyoto: níwá

Kagoshima: níwa

Comments: JLTT 498.

Proto-Japanese: *nìpǝ̀-p-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to smell

Russian meaning: пахнуть

Old Japanese: nipop-

Middle Japanese: nìfòf-

Tokyo: nió-

Kyoto: níó-

Kagoshima: nìò-

Comments: JLTT 736.

Proto-Japanese: *nípí-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: new

Russian meaning: новый

Old Japanese: nipji-

Middle Japanese: nífí-

Tokyo: nìi-

Kyoto: níí-

Kagoshima: ní-ke

Nase: mī́-

Shuri: mī́-

Hateruma: nɨ̄̀-

Comments: JLTT 497.

Proto-Japanese: *nírai

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: elm

Russian meaning: вяз

Old Japanese: nire

Middle Japanese: níre

Tokyo: nìre

Kyoto: nírè

Kagoshima: nírè

Comments: JLTT 498. All sources point to a high tone on the 1st syllable.

Proto-Japanese: *nìrà(n)k-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to put heated metal into water

Russian meaning: закалять металл

Middle Japanese: nìràg-

Comments: JLTT 736.

Proto-Japanese: *nùa

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: field

Russian meaning: поле

Old Japanese: nwo

Middle Japanese: no

Tokyo: nó

Kyoto: nṑ

Kagoshima: nò

Comments: JLTT 499.

Proto-Japanese: *nuànkà-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 to pass 2 to escape

Russian meaning: 1 проходить мимо 2 убегать

Old Japanese: nwoga-nap- / nuga-nap- 1, n(w)ogara- 2

Middle Japanese: nogara- 2

Tokyo: nogaré- 2

Kyoto: nógáré- 2

Kagoshima: nògàrè- 2

Comments: JLTT 736.

Proto-Japanese: *núk-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to break through, pass through

Russian meaning: проходить через, насквозь

Old Japanese: nuk-

Middle Japanese: núk-

Tokyo: nùk-

Kyoto: núk-

Kagoshima: nùk-

Comments: JLTT 738. Kagoshima has an irregular accent.

Proto-Japanese: *nùk-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to take off clothes

Russian meaning: снимать одежду

Old Japanese: nuk-, nukjit-

Middle Japanese: nùg-

Tokyo: núg-

Kyoto: nùg-

Kagoshima: nùg-

Comments: JLTT 738.

Proto-Japanese: *nùkà

Meaning: rice screening, bran

Russian meaning: рисовые высевки

Old Japanese: nuka

Tokyo: nuká

Kyoto: núkà

Kagoshima: nuká

Comments: JLTT 502.

Proto-Japanese: *núká-r-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to miss, misbehave, make a faux pas

Russian meaning: допускать оплошность, промах

Middle Japanese: núká-r-

Tokyo: nùkar-

Kyoto: núkár-

Kagoshima: nukár-

Comments: JLTT 738.

Proto-Japanese: *núká-r-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to get muddy

Russian meaning: пачкаться, быть топким

Tokyo: nùkar-

Kyoto: núkár-

Kagoshima: nukár-

Comments: JLTT 738.

Proto-Japanese: *nuki

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: cross-beam

Russian meaning: балка, поперечная рейка

Middle Japanese: nuki

Tokyo: nuki

Comments: Usually analysed as a deverbative from *núk- 'to pass through' - but external evidence shows that this is rather a folk etymology.

Proto-Japanese: *nuki

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: weft thread

Russian meaning: уточная нить, уточная пряжа

Old Japanese: nuk(j)i

Tokyo: nuki-íto

Comments: JLTT 502.

Proto-Japanese: *nùkù-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: warm

Russian meaning: теплый

Middle Japanese: nukuto-, nuku- (Edo)

Tokyo: nukú-

Kyoto: núku-

Kagoshima: nukí

Nase: núkù-

Shuri: núkú-

Hateruma: nṑ-

Yonakuni: nùkú-

Comments: JLTT 854.

Proto-Japanese: *númà

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: swamp, marsh

Russian meaning: болото

Old Japanese: numa

Middle Japanese: númà

Tokyo: numá

Kyoto: númà

Kagoshima: núma

Comments: JLTT 502.

Proto-Japanese: *numa

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: important place, thing, affair

Russian meaning: важное место, дело

Old Japanese: numa, num(j)i

Proto-Japanese: *numpa-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: fruit of the hiōgi plant (Belamcanda chinensis; dark red, violet / black in colour)

Russian meaning: плод дерева Belamcanda chinensis; темно-красного, фиолетового / черного цвета

Old Japanese: nuba-tama

Tokyo: ubatama

Comments: JLTT 501.

Proto-Japanese: *núN- / *núiN- / *núaN-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: rainbow

Russian meaning: радуга

Old Japanese: nizi, nuzi, dial. n(w)ozi

Middle Japanese: nízì

Tokyo: nijí

Kyoto: níjì

Kagoshima: níji

Comments: JLTT 498-499. The word raises many problems, due to irregular reshapings. Most forms reflect *nVn-si, but there are some going back to *nVn-ki, like Akita nogi, Shuri nūǯi etc. (see ibid.), so we conclude that the original stem must have been *nuN-, with varying suffixation.