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Proto-Turkic: *Kugu
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: swan
Russian meaning: лебедь
Old Turkic: quɣu (Yen., OUygh.)
Karakhanid: quɣu (MK)
Turkish: koɣu, kuɣu
Tatar: qū, qu (Буд.); Sib. quɣɨ 'polar duck'
Middle Turkic: quɣu (Ettuhf.), qu (Pav. C., AH)
Uzbek: quw
Uighur: quw
Azerbaidzhan: Gu, Guɣu
Turkmen: Guv
Khakassian:
Shor:
Oyrat:
Yakut: kuba
Dolgan: kuba
Tuva:
Kirghiz:
Kazakh: quw
Noghai: quw
Balkar: quw
Karaim: quɣu, qoɣu, quw
Karakalpak: quw
Kumyk: quw,
Comments: VEWT 275, EDT 609, TMN 3, 533-534, Лексика 171, ЭСТЯ 6, 101, Stachowski 159. Turk. > Kalm. ɣoɣǟ, ɣoɣā '(Heer)schnepfe', see KW 149. On Yak. kuba see a special note under PA *ki̯òpù.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *kū̀gù
Meaning: swan
Russian meaning: лебедь
Turkic: *Kugu
Tungus-Manchu: *kūku
Korean: *kòhài
Japanese: *kùkùpí
Comments: Дыбо 9, Лексика 172, Whitman 1985, 183, 222. Kor. has an irregular low tone. The root is onomatopeic and the medial consonant behaves irregularly in TM (various assimilations are attested). In Turkic the root could additionally contaminate with *ki̯òpù q. v. The Altaic antiquity is, however, beyond doubt.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *kūku (/*xūku)
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: swan
Russian meaning: лебедь
Evenki: ūk-si
Even: ụ̄-sị
Negidal: xūk-si
Ulcha: kuku
Orok: kuku / kukku
Nanai: kuku
Oroch: kūku
Udighe: kūxi
Comments: ТМС 1, 426-427; 2, 336.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *kòhài
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: heron
Russian meaning: цапля
Middle Korean: kòhài
Comments: Nam 49.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *kùkùpí
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: swan
Russian meaning: лебедь
Old Japanese: kukupji
Middle Japanese: kùkùfí
Tokyo: kugui (arch.)
Comments: JLTT 462.
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