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Proto-Altaic: *maru ( ~ -ŕ-)
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: heap, crowd, many
Russian meaning: толпа, куча, множество
Tungus-Manchu: *mar(b)u
Korean: *muri, *múr
Japanese: *mǝ́rǝ́, *múrá
Comments: Martin 229, Whitman 1985, 127, 194, 239, SKE 153, АПиПЯЯ 279. An Eastern isogloss. In MKor. cf. also mɨrɨs 'all, in general'. In Jpn. low tone would be expected; high tone here was probably induced by the similar *mǝ́r- 'to heap up' (see under *mi̯ólo), which also influenced the vowel in *mǝ́rǝ́.
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