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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *mi̯ā́k`o
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: frog
Russian meaning: лягушка
Turkic: *b(i)āka
Mongolian: *mekelej, *melekej
Tungus-Manchu: *moKo(lV)-
Korean: *mǝ̀kùrí
Comments: SKE 144, Лексика 180. An unmistakable match is PT *b(i)āka : MKor. mǝ̀kùrí. The Mong. forms may belong here if we assume the archaic nature of the Kalm. form (meklɛ̄), with innovations elsewhere. In TM one has to suppose a secondary shift of meaning: 'toad' > 'small creature' (bat, chipmunk).
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *b(i)āka
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: frog
Russian meaning: лягушка
Old Turkic: baqa (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: baqa (MK)
Turkish:
Tatar: baqa
Middle Turkic: baqa (AH, Ettuhf.), baqqa (MA)
Uzbek: baqa
Uighur: baqa, paqa
Azerbaidzhan: baɣa
Turkmen: Gurbāɣa
Khakassian: paɣa
Shor: paɣa
Oyrat: baqa
Halaj: bāqa 'turtle'
Yakut: baɣa
Tuva: paɣa
Tofalar: baɣa
Kirghiz: baqa
Kazakh: baqa
Noghai: baqa
Balkar: maqa
Gagauz: qurbā
Karaim: baqa
Karakalpak: baqa
Salar: paɣa
Kumyk: baqa
Comments: VEWT 58, EDT 311-312, 646-647, ЭСТЯ 2, 40-41, 6, 160-161 (see ibid. on the onomatopoeic nature of the component *Kur-) , Лексика 179-180. A more precise reconstruction would be perhaps *b(i)ākka, with expressive gemination (suggested by non-voicing in Kypchak). Turk. > Hung. béka, see Gombocz 1912.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *mekelej, *melekej
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: frog
Russian meaning: лягушка
Written Mongolian: melekei (L 534), menekei (DO 461)
Middle Mongolian: menekai (HY 12), minäkäj (MA), menēkī (Lig.VMI)
Khalkha: melxij
Buriat: melxej
Kalmuck: meklɛ̄
Ordos: meleχī
Dagur: meleg, melek (Тод. Даг. 154), melehe (MD 190)
Comments: KW 260, MGCD 484.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *moKo(lV)-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 bat 2 chipmunk
Russian meaning: 1 летучая мышь 2 бурундук
Evenki: mokoločī 1
Even: mokotoj 2
Comments: ТМС 1, 544.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *mǝ̀kùrí
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: frog, toad
Russian meaning: лягушка, жаба
Middle Korean: mǝ̀kùrí
Comments: Nam 209.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *mVq̇V
Meaning: frog
Altaic: *mi̯ā́k`o
Kartvelian: Georg. mq̇vari 'frog, toad'
Dravidian: *mūK-
References: ND 1397 *mU(Ha)Ḳa 'frog', 1457 *mäq̇URV 'frog, toad' (+ Eg.). (why separated?)
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *mūK-
Meaning : frog
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-North Dravidian : *mūG-ā
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North Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-North-Dravidian : *mūG-ā
Meaning : frog
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Kurukh : mūxā
Malto : mūqe
Number in DED : 5023
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