Proto-Altaic: *máč`V̀
Meaning: target
Russian meaning: цель, мишень
Comments: Martin 229; it is not quite clear whether PJ *mat- 'wait' belongs here as well (or rather to *mude 'finally' q. v.). A Kor.-Jpn. isogloss; cf. perhaps Mong. *möči 'edge' (if not = *möči 'limb').