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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *gằjá
Meaning: oar, boat pole
Russian meaning: весло, лодочный шест
Turkic: *K(i)aj-guk
Tungus-Manchu: *ga(j)-
Japanese: *kàjí
Comments: Murayama 1962, 107. An interesting common Altaic cultural term.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *K(i)aj-guk
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: boat, oar
Russian meaning: лодка, весло
Karakhanid: qajɣuq, qajɣɨq (MK)
Turkish: kajɨk
Tatar: qajɨq
Middle Turkic: qajɨq (MA, Pav. C.)
Uzbek: qɛjiq
Uighur: qejiq
Azerbaidzhan: GajɨG
Turkmen: Gajɨq
Oyrat: qajɨq
Yakut: xajɨk, dial. xojūk
Kirghiz: qajɨq
Kazakh: qajɨq
Noghai: qajɨq
Bashkir: qajɨq
Gagauz: qajɨq
Karakalpak: qajɨq
Kumyk: qajɨq
Comments: VEWT 233, ЭСТЯ 5, 212-213, TMN 3, 408-409 (derivation from *Kaj- 'slide' is probably folk-etymological, cf. the external evidence).
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *ga(j)- / *gia-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 to pole (in a boat) 2 boat pole 3 oar
Russian meaning: 1 отталкиваться шестом (в лодке) 2 лодочный шест 3 весло
Evenki: ga- 1, ga-wun 2, gē̂wun 3
Negidal: gawụn 2, gē̂wụl 3
Literary Manchu: guwafu 2
Ulcha: Goa- 1, Gē̂ụlị 3
Orok: Gō-pụ(n) 2, Gē̂wụl 3
Nanai: Gōa- 1, Gịol 3
Oroch: gau- 1, gau 2, giu 3
Udighe: gau, gou 2
Comments: ТМС 1, 134, 144. On the PTM level one can reconstruct an opposition of *ga-bu- 'boat pole' and *gia-bu- 'oar', which must be earlier morphological or dialectal variants.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *kàjí
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: oar
Russian meaning: весло
Old Japanese: kai
Middle Japanese: kai
Tokyo: kái
Kyoto: kàí
Kagoshima: kaí
Comments: JLTT 433.
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