Proto-Altaic: *t`i̯ùbú
Meaning: stick, staff
Russian meaning: палка, посох
Comments: SKE 34. A Kor.-Jap. isogloss, with Kor. -ph- < *-bV-k- and usual verbal low tone. In TM cf. perhaps Ewk. tūwkē 'stick in a cross-bow' (cf. the Kor. form), Ulch. tuj-ǯe- 'to make ready a cross-bow', possibly pointing to PTM *tub(i)- 'stick in a cross-bow'.