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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *mùne
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: defect, lack
Russian meaning: недостаток, отсутствие
Turkic: *bün
Mongolian: *mun-du-
Japanese: *màntù-
Comments: Cf. *mā́n[u], *múnu - the roots are sometimes difficult to distinguish. Cf. also Evk. modu 'greedy, miserly' (ТМС 1, 542).
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *bün
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: defect, sin
Russian meaning: недостаток, грех
Old Turkic: mün (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: mün (MK)
Tatar: min (КСТТ)
Kirghiz: mün, min
Kazakh: min
Noghai: min
Karakalpak: min
Kumyk: min-siz 'flawless'
Comments: VEWT 347, EDT 347, 767 (confused with other roots), ОСНЯ 3, 55-56, ЭСТЯ 7.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *mun-du-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to become insufficient
Russian meaning: становиться недостаточным
Written Mongolian: mundu- (L 551: muŋda-)
Khalkha: munda-
Kalmuck: mundǝ-
Comments: KW 268.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *màntù-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: poor
Russian meaning: бедный
Old Japanese: madu-si
Middle Japanese: màdù-si
Tokyo: mazu-shí-
Kyoto: mázúshì-
Kagoshima: mazushí-
Comments: JLTT 834.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *mVntV
Meaning: defect, mistake
Indo-European: *ment- (separate from *men-, see ОСНЯ)
Altaic: *mùne(tV)
Uralic: *mentä
References: МССНЯ 357, ОСНЯ 3, 52-55; ND 1447 *meN/ŋ[ṭ]V 'to miss one's aim' (+ Chad.). Cf. *mVnV, with a lot of confusion.
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 543
Proto: *mentä
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: to fail, miss, make a mistake
German meaning: fehlen, Fehler machen (z. B. fehl-, vorbeschiessen)
Saam (Lapp): mæd'de- -dd- (N) 'miss (not hit), mistake', mædda (N) postp. 'past', mieddē- ~ mäddē- (L) 'fehlen, Fehler machen', mieddēl(a) (L) 'vorbei, vorüber', meanda (Kld.), miadda (Not.), mjända (A) 'weg, fort'
Khanty (Ostyak): mintǝɣtǝ- (Vj.) 'vorbei-, fehlschießen'
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