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Proto-Altaic: *ni̯ák`ì
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: mild, soft
Russian meaning: мягкий, нежный
Tungus-Manchu: *ńaKa
Korean: *nǝ̀k
Japanese: *níkuá- / *níkí-
Comments: An Eastern isogloss. The original meaning must have been 'mild', particularly (but not necessarily) applied to feelings, whence the more general meaning 'soul' in Kor. Turk. *jakĺɨ 'good' (see ЭСТЯ 4, 63-64) may be a merger of this root with *jakɨĺ- 'to approach' (q. v.).
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