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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *xelgeńe
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 waist 2 interval
Russian meaning: 1 поясница, талия 2 промежуток
Evenki: eŋeńē 1
Even: eŋъń 1, ēlgъ 2
Negidal: eŋeńē 1
Ulcha: xeŋgi 1
Orok: χeŋgeje 'armpit'
Comments: ТМС 2, 446, 458.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *k`éĺe
Meaning: belt, waist
Russian meaning: пояс, поясница
Turkic: *keĺč
Tungus-Manchu: *xelgeńe
Japanese: *kǝ́sí
Comments: АПиПЯЯ 76, 289. Cf. also comments to *si̯oga.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *keĺč
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 belt 2 back, spine
Russian meaning: 1 пояс, ремень 2 спина, хребет
Old Turkic: keš (OUygh.) 1
Karakhanid: keš ~ kiš (MK) 1
Chuvash: kaźan 2
Kirghiz: kešene 'girdle'
Comments: VEWT 258, EDT 752, MNT 1697, ЭСТЯ 5, 60-61. Sak. käša- 'belt' may be < Turkic (Bailey 56 expresses doubts as to the phonetic regularity of its derivation from Proto-Iran. *kaša 'armpit'). The vowel may have been long - to judge from Turkm. kīšen 'chain' (which reflects a hybrid form between *kiĺe-n 'fetters', q. v. sub *k`ìĺa, and *keĺč 'belt').
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *kǝ́sí
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: waist
Russian meaning: поясница
Old Japanese: kosi
Middle Japanese: kósí
Tokyo: kòshi
Kyoto: kóshí
Kagoshima: kóshi
Comments: JLTT 458.
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