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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *karmo
Meaning: a k. of aquatic bird
Russian meaning: вид водной птицы
Comments: Martin 232-233, Лексика 173. Cf. perhaps MMong. qara'una (HY 15) 'a k. of bird'. The tone correspondence between Kor. and Jpn. is irregular. Like many bird names, an expressive and rather unreliable root. altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-tung,altet-kor,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *Kordaj ( < *Korm-daj ?)
Meaning: pelican; swan
Russian meaning: пеликан; лебедь
Uighur: qodaj 'swan'
Khakassian: xordɨ 'heron'
Oyrat: qordoj 'heron'
Comments: VEWT 282, EDT 649, Лексика 173, ЭСТЯ 6, 79. Cf. also Shor qoromčuq 'полунощник' (птица). Turk. > Mong. qorda (KW 187). turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-krh,turcet-uig,turcet-hak,turcet-alt,turcet-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *karmu- / *karbu-
Meaning: 1 a k. of swallow 2 a k. of duck
Russian meaning: 1 ласточка береговая 2 утка-чернеть
Evenki: karbukī 2
Nanai: qarmor 1
Comments: ТМС 1, 379. Cf. also *komparī 'heron' ( < *karmorī?), see ТМС 1, 413. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-nan,tunget-reference,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *kằrmjǝ́kí
Meaning: gull
Russian meaning: чайка
Modern Korean: kalmägi
Middle Korean: kằrmjǝ́kí, kărmjǝkɨi
koret-prnum,koret-meaning,koret-rusmean,koret-phn,koret-ako,koret-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *kàmǝ́mái (~-ia)
Meaning: gull
Russian meaning: чайка
Old Japanese: kamame
Middle Japanese: kàmómé
Tokyo: kàmome
Kyoto: kàmòmé
Kagoshima: kamomé
japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-ajp,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-comments,
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