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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *mā́n[u]
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: useless, insufficient
Russian meaning: бесполезный, недостаточный
Turkic: *būn
Tungus-Manchu: *mana-
Japanese: *múná-si-
Comments: Cf. *mùne, *múnu. Turkic *-ū- is irregular here (*bān would be expected).
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *būn
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: defect
Russian meaning: недостаток, дефект
Karakhanid: mun (KB), muna- 'be defective'; mun, mun-luɣ (IM)
Oyrat: dial. mɨŋ-da- 'become insufficient'
Yakut: mɨ̄n- 'be insufficient'
Kirghiz: munǯu 'cripple'
Comments: ОСНЯ 3, 55, VEWT 344, ЭСТЯ 7. EDT 347 does not see back vowel forms in old texts and relates all the forms to *bün 'defect' q. v. sub *mùne.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *mana-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to be spent, exhausted, worn out
Russian meaning: израсходовать(ся), истощить(ся), износить(ся)
Evenki: mana-
Even: man-
Negidal: mana-
Spoken Manchu: manǝ- (276)
Literary Manchu: mana-
Jurchen: man-na-lar (839)
Ulcha: mana-
Orok: mana-
Nanai: mana-
Oroch: mana-
Comments: ТМС 1, 526-527. Cf. also a variant *mene 'few; in vain' (ТМС 1, 569).
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *múná-si-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: empty, useless
Russian meaning: пустой, напрасный, бесполезный
Old Japanese: muna-si-
Middle Japanese: múná-si-
Tokyo: mùnashi-
Kyoto: múnáshì-
Kagoshima: munashí-
Comments: JLTT 835.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *mVnV
Meaning: deficient
Indo-European: *mend-
Altaic: *mā́n[u]
Dravidian: *mān(d)-
References: МССНЯ 357, ОСНЯ 2, 41, 3, 55-56 (perhaps more than 1 root, but difficult to distinguish); ND 1431 *mun̄V 'defect, damage, deformity'; 1436 *man̄ʡa 'cease, delay' (+ Sem.). Cf. *mVntV.
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *mend-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: abnormality of body
Old Indian: mindā́ f. `bodily defect, fault, blemish'
Latin: menda f., mendum, -ī n. `körperlicher Fehler, Gebrechen; Versehen, Schnitzer'; mendīcus `Bettler', adj. `bettelarm'
Celtic: OIr mennar `macula', mind `Zeichen, Merkmal'; Cymr mann `nota', mann `geni naevum', nota `ingenita'
Russ. meaning: телесный недостаток, уродство
References: WP II 270
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 1283
Root: mend(ā, -om)
English meaning: defect, flaw
German meaning: `Fehler, Körperfehler, Gebrechen' (auch `Makel, Fleck'?)
Material: Ai. mindā́ `Körperfehler' (für *mandā́ nach nindā́ `Tadel');

    lat. mendum, menda `Fehler, Gebrechen', ē-mendāre `ausbessern; heilen', wovon mendīcus `Bettler' und mendāx, -ācis `lügnerisch' (*fehlerhaft);

    vielleicht air. mennar `macula', schwundstufig air. mind `Zeichen, Merkmal' (*mn̥du n.; auch in der Bed. `diadema' = `insigne' dass. Wort), cymr. mann `Platz, Stelle', mann geni `Muttermal'.

References: WP. II 270, WH. II 69, J. Loth RC. 44, 362 f.
Pages: 729-730
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *mān(d)-
Meaning : to cease; to be ruined
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *mānd-
Proto-Telugu : *mān-
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *mānd-
Meaning : to stop; to cease
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : māntu (mānti-)
Tamil meaning : to be ruined, perish, die, be extinct
Kannada : māndu
Kannada meaning : to stop, cease; stop, ward off, check
Kannada derivates : māndisu to cause to stop or cease; māndaḍe that which does not stop, cease, etc.
Number in DED : 4811
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *mān-
Meaning : to cease, stop, give up, abandon, forbear, leave off, quit, refrain, abstain, desist from
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : mānu
Additional forms : Also mānukonu to give up, abandon, relinquish, forgo, resign, cease, desist from, abstain from; [1] mānucu, [2] māncu, [3] mānupu, [4] mānipincu to cause to cease, stop, remove
Number in DED : 4811
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