Proto-Altaic: *k`ŏ́mi
Meaning: to dig
Russian meaning: копать, черпать
Comments: Цинциус 1984, 108-109. A Turko-TM isogloss. The TM form points quite explicitly to *k`-; reasons for voicing in PT are not clear: perhaps a merger with PA *gèmo 'to fill in' (q. v.), which otherwise has no Turkic reflex.