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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *k`ĕ̀ńó
Meaning: light, thin
Russian meaning: легкий, тонкий
Comments: ОСНЯ 1, 350, Цинциус 1984, 103. Mong. has secondary labialization (*köŋgen < *keńö-gen); depalatalization in Kor. is not quite clear. Otherwise correspondences are regular. altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-kor,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *Keŋe-
Meaning: easy, convenient; shallow
Russian meaning: легкий, удобный; мелкий (о воде)
Middle Turkic: keŋes, keŋez (`Ali), keŋez (Houts.) Chuvash: kanas 'спокойный, бесхлопотный'
Yakut: kenen 'простой, доверчивый, наивный'
turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-krh,turcet-chg,turcet-chv,turcet-jak,turcet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *köŋgen
Meaning: light (not heavy)
Russian meaning: легкий (о весе)
Written Mongolian: köŋgen (L 489) Middle Mongolian: küaŋgan (HY 52), koŋgen (HYT), konkɛn (IM), kunkän (MA), koŋgele- 'to lighten' (SH) Khalkha: xöŋgen
Buriat: xüngen
Kalmuck: küŋgṇ, göŋgṇ
Ordos: köŋgön
Dongxian: kongen, gongen
Baoan: kuŋkaŋ
Shary-Yoghur: köŋgön
Monguor: koŋgwǝn (SM 214), kuŋgon Comments: KW 138, 246, MGCD 375. monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-mmo,monget-hal,monget-bur,monget-kal,monget-ord,monget-dun,monget-bao,monget-dag,monget-yuy,monget-mgr,monget-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *xeńü-
Meaning: light (not heavy)
Russian meaning: легкий (о весе)
Evenki: eńī-mkūn, eńum
Even: ejim
Negidal: eńimkun
Literary Manchu: eni-xun
Ulcha: xeńu
Orok: xeńu-mi
Nanai: xeńu
Oroch: xeńimi
Udighe: enimese` (Корм. 314) Solon: enikkū̃
Comments: ТМС 2, 455-456. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-evn,tunget-neg,tunget-man,tunget-ulc,tunget-ork,tunget-nan,tunget-orc,tunget-ude,tunget-sol,tunget-reference,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *kắnắr-
Meaning: thin, fine
Russian meaning: тонкий, изящный
Modern Korean: kanɨl-
Middle Korean: kắnắr-
koret-prnum,koret-meaning,koret-rusmean,koret-phn,koret-ako,koret-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *kǝ̀má-
Meaning: small, thin
Russian meaning: мелкий, тонкий
Middle Japanese: kòmáka-
Tokyo: komaká-i
Kyoto: kómákà-
Kagoshima: komaká-
Shuri: guma- 'small'
Yonakuni: gumá- 'small'
japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-shu,japet-yon,japet-comments,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *ḳeñV
Meaning: light
References: МССНЯ 346, ОСНЯ 1, 349-350. ND 1088 *Ḳeǹ(y)u 'light, thin' (Ur. - Alt.); 1078 *ḲEn̄/ŋ[u] 'empty' (IE + Alt. *kĕ̀ŋi 'hollow, empty'?). nostret-meaning,nostret-ier,nostret-alt,nostret-ura,nostret-reference,
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *k'enew-
Meaning: waste, vain
Armenian: sin `leer, eitel'
Old Greek: ep., ion., kypr., epid. keneó-, ep., ion. kẹ̄nó-, att. kenó- `leer, eitel'
Russ. meaning: пустой, тщеславный
References: WP I 390
piet-prnum,piet-meaning,piet-arm,piet-greek,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,
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Uralic etymology :
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Number: 1811
Proto: *kEnV
English meaning: light
German meaning: leicht
Udmurt (Votyak): (kańi̮l 'angenehm, leicht' - rejected by Redei)
Komi (Zyrian): (kokńi 'leicht' - rejected by Redei)
Khanty (Ostyak): kö̆nǝɣ (J), kenǝ (DN), kon (O) 'leicht'
Mansi (Vogul): küńkē.ś (TJ), kiɣnǝ (KU), kinnǝ (P)
Hungarian: könnyű (altuntg. kenweb, dial. kinnêm kenyid, kinyid, könyi)
uralet-proto,uralet-prnum,uralet-meaning,uralet-germmean,uralet-udm,uralet-kom,uralet-khn,uralet-man,uralet-ugr,
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