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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *p`íjo
Meaning: spindle, part of loom or cross-bow
Russian meaning: веретено, часть ткацкого станка или лука
Turkic: *ijik
Tungus-Manchu: *pia-la-
Korean: *pu-
Japanese: *pí
Comments: SKE 203. An interesting common Altaic cultural term.
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Proto-Turkic: *ijik
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: spindle
Russian meaning: веретено
Karakhanid: ik, jik, ijik (MK)
Turkish: iɣ, ij, iji
Middle Turkic: ik (Pav. C.)
Uzbek: ik, jik, ǯik
Sary-Yughur: ǯik
Azerbaidzhan: ij
Turkmen: īk
Shor: īk
Oyrat: īk, ijik
Chuvash: jǝge
Kirghiz: ijik
Gagauz: ī
Karakalpak: ijik
Comments: VEWT 170, EDT 99, ЭСТЯ 1, 336-337, Егоров 77. Az., Turk., Gag. have a secondary voicing due to early contraction *-iji- > *-ī-. Turk. > Mong. ig 'spindle' (Щербак 1997, 123); the derivative *ijik-lig (Chag. ikliɣ 'violin', cf. Khak. īk id. (see VEWT 179) > Kalm. ikǝĺǝ (KW 206).
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *pia-la-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 part of a cross-bow 2 name of a tree (used for bows)
Russian meaning: 1 лучок (для самострела) 2 назв. дерева (употребляемого на луки)
Negidal: pē̂laxa 1
Literary Manchu: filan 2
Comments: ТМС 2, 36. The Neg. word is borrowed from some unattested Southern Tungus form.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *pu-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 to spin 2 to twist
Russian meaning: 1 сучить, прясть 2 выкручивать
Modern Korean: pɨ- (dial., SKE 203); pi-thɨl-
Middle Korean: pūi-thɨ́r-
Comments: Nam 269, KED 859. The simple verb is cited from Ramstedt's SKE; in other sources it is only attested as part of a compound with thɨr- 'twist' (v. sub *tok`V).
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *pí
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: shuttle (of a loom)
Russian meaning: челнок (ткацкого станка)
Old Japanese: pji
Middle Japanese: fí
Tokyo: hi
Comments: JLTT 405.
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