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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *i̯úb[u]
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: to dig, hole
Russian meaning: копать, яма
Turkic: *oba
Tungus-Manchu: *(x)ub-gā
Japanese: *úwa-
Comments: ЭСТЯ 1, 403 (Turk.-Tung.). The vocalism is not quite secure: the diphthong must be reconstructed because of Jpn. *-w-, but in Turkic one would rather expect *ɨba in this case (perhaps *ɨba > *uba > *oba because of later vowel assimilations).
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *oba
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: cavity, valley
Russian meaning: впадина, долина
Turkish: ova
Uzbek: uwa
Uighur: ova
Azerbaidzhan: ova
Tuva: howu
Gagauz: uva
Comments: ЭСТЯ 1, 403.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *(x)ub-gā
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: burrow, hole
Russian meaning: нора, дыра
Evenki: ubgā
Even: ụbgụq, dial. ōwa
Negidal: obga- 'пролезать под снегом (о птицах)'
Literary Manchu: o 'armpit'
Comments: ТМС 2, 3, 242.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *úwa-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to plant
Russian meaning: сажать
Old Japanese: uwa-
Middle Japanese: úwa-
Tokyo: ùe-
Kyoto: ùè-
Kagoshima: ué-
Comments: JLTT 777. The tone reflex in Kyoto is aberrant (perhaps under literary influence).
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *wVPV
Meaning: hole
Altaic: *i̯úb[u]
Uralic: *wopV
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1182
Proto: *wopV
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: sleeping hole (in snow)
German meaning: Schlafstelle (im Schnee)
Mansi (Vogul): vāpi (N) 'Grube im Schnee, ямочка в снегу, где глухарь сидит', jol-wāpiji- (sy.) 'sich einhüllen' ?
Nenets (Yurak): wāw (O) 'Schlaffell, Bett'
Enets (Yen): báʔa 'Schlafstelle, Lager'
Nganasan (Tawgi): bóba 'Schlafstelle, Bett'
Selkup: kuupt (Ta.), kuoptɔ, kuoptα (Κε.), kuopt (Ν) 'Sitzplatz, Schlafstelle', kōpti̮ (Tur.) 'Sitz, Platz', kōpte (Ty.) 'Bett, Nachtlager' ?
Kamass: bapu 'Stelle, Schlafstelle im Walde; Bett; Boden, Sohle'
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