Japanese etymology : Query result

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Proto-Japanese: *sìnkài-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: thick growth, grow thickly

Russian meaning: чаща, заросли, густо расти

Old Japanese: sige-r-, sige- (adj.)

Middle Japanese: sige-r-, sìgè- (adj.)

Tokyo: shigér-, shìgemi / shigemí

Kyoto: shígér-, shígémí

Kagoshima: shìgèr-, shigemí

Comments: JLTT 750, 840. The noun *si(n)kai-mi reveals unclear accent variation in Kyoto and Tokyo.

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