Proto-Altaic: *č`ika ( ~ -u)
Meaning: to stamp, ram; stamped path
Russian meaning: утаптывать, набивать; утоптанная тропа
Comments: A Western isogloss. Mong. > Tung. (Evk. čigǯan, čigle- etc.), see ТМС 2, 389 (perhaps also Nan. ǯịGda-, ТМС 1, 255) - although Evk. čiki 'stamped snow' must be genuine. altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-reference,