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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *k`āp`a ( ~ -i, -u)
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: bladder, film
Russian meaning: пузырь, пленка
Turkic: *Kāp
Mongolian: *kabičak
Tungus-Manchu: *xap-
Korean: *kapo
Comments: One of several similar roots, actively interacting with each other - see notes to *k[ā]p`á 'to cover'. Mong. *kabi-čak 'groin' is a result of secondary semantic development, probably < *'scrotum' or 'hymen' (cf. the meanings in Turkic).
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *Kāp
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 caul 2 virgin's hymen 3 scrotum 4 bladder 5 afterbirth
Russian meaning: 1 оболочка плода 2 девственная плева 3 мошонка 4 пузырь 5 послед
Karakhanid: qap (MK) 1, qapaq (MK) 2
Tatar: qapčɨq 3, 4
Shor: qabɨčaq 1
Oyrat: qapčɨq 3
Chuvash: köpček 5
Tuva: xapčɨq 3
Comments: EDT 578, 583; ЭСТЯ 5, 266-267 (the root should be probably distinguished from the homonymous *Kāp 'sack, cover' q. v. sub *k[ā]p`á).
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *kabičak
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: groin
Russian meaning: пах
Written Mongolian: qabičaɣ (L 897)
Khalkha: xav́cag
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *xap-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: fish bladder
Russian meaning: рыбий пузырь
Evenki: kapata
Negidal: āpị
Ulcha: χāpa
Comments: ТМС 1, 11, 376. K- in Evk. is probably due to a contamination with *kepu- (v. sub *kup`e).
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *kapo
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: fish bladder, (KED) sausage stuffed in a fish bladder
Russian meaning: рыбий пузырь
Modern Korean: kabo
Comments: KED 18.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ḳVPV
Meaning: bladder
Altaic: *k`āp`a ( ~ -i, -u) [but also *k`i̯ŏba 1049, *gi̯ṓp`e 533]
Uralic: *kupe(-na) [also koppV 'Lunge']
References: ND 1112 *Ḳ[u]ṗV, -ḷV 'bubble, pustule, blister' (cf. *ḳüpä).
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 416
Proto: *kupe(-na)
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: fish bladder
German meaning: Fischblase
Finnish: kupinas (gen. kupinaan) 'Fischblase'
Mansi (Vogul): kāpǝn (TJ), χōpǝn (KU) 'Fischblase'
Addenda: Kar. kupino ( > Saam. I kopp`an, Ko. P koppα̑n 'Luftblase des Fisches')
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