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Proto-Altaic: *kómp`i
Meaning: neck, part of breast
Russian meaning: шея, часть груди
Turkic: *gömül-dürük
Mongolian: *kömürge
Tungus-Manchu: *kumpe(ke)
Japanese: *kúmpí
Comments: Cf. also Mong. *köɣemej which can go back to *köme-ɣej, cf. potential Turkic loanwords like Chag. kömekej, Yak. kömögöj etc., see VEWT 289. Such a metathesis, however, is rather uncommon (as well as the rendering of Mong. -ɣ- by Turkic -k-), and there are obvious loanwords from the same Mongolian source: Yak., Dolg. küömej 'throat' (see Kaɫ. MEJ 88, Stachowski 165). It may well be that the above Turkic words are genuine after all, going back to *gömü-kej (derived from the same root as *gömül-dürük), while Mong. köɣemej has a quite different origin (e.g. PA *kúŋe 'middle, heart' q. v.).
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Proto-Turkic: *gömül-dürük
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: breast strap
Russian meaning: грудной ремень
Karakhanid: kömüldürük (MK)
Turkish: gömüldürük
Tatar: kümǝltǝk (КСТТ)
Middle Turkic: kömüldürük (Pav. C.)
Turkmen: gömüldürük
Tofalar: hömündürük
Kirghiz: kömöldürük
Bashkir: kümǝldǝrǝk
Comments: VEWT 289, EDT 723, ЭСТЯ 3, 71-72, Лексика 552-553. Turk. > Mong. kömüldürge (Щербак 1977, 128). Forms like Uygh. ömüldürük, Bashk. ümelderek (see ЭСТЯ 1, 530, Лексика 553) may be derived from the same stem, under an influence of *ömgen 'upper part of breast' q. v. sub *emo; a separate etymology see, however, under *p`òme.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *kömürge
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: breast ornament of horse
Russian meaning: нагрудное украшение
Kalmuck: kömṛg
Comments: KW 239.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *kumpe(ke)
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: breast ornaments
Russian meaning: нагрудные украшения
Negidal: kumpken
Ulcha: kumpe(n)
Oroch: kumpe
Comments: ТМС 1, 431.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *kúmpí
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: neck
Russian meaning: шея
Old Japanese: kubji
Middle Japanese: kúbí
Tokyo: kùbi
Kyoto: kúbí
Kagoshima: kúbi ( = kúT)
Nase: k`ùbí
Shuri: kúbì
Comments: JLTT 461.
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