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Proto-Altaic: *ménrV
Meaning: garlic, onion
Russian meaning: чеснок, лук
Mongolian: *maŋgir, *maŋgina
Tungus-Manchu: *meŋgu-
Korean: *mànắr
Japanese: *mìrà
Comments: SKE 140, Poppe 35, Lee 24, 26, 28. Low tone in Jpn. is probably due to contraction. Cf. also Old Koguryo *maiš 'garlic' (thus in Miller 1979, 15; Lee reads *mail).
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