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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *mVṭV
Meaning: female genitalia
Borean: Borean
Altaic: *mét`i(-rkV)
Kartvelian: Georg. muṭel- 'membrum muliebre'
Dravidian: Tamil-Kodagu *mūḍ- 'female' (SDR 4220)
References: ND 1502 *moṭE 'sprout, stem, penis' (hardly exists if we remove Drav. *modal-), 1506 *mu(ʕ)ṭV 'woman, female'.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *mét`i(-rkV)
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: bird's crop or navel; pudenda
Russian meaning: птичий зоб или пупок; гениталии
Turkic: *böteke
Tungus-Manchu: *motoka
Korean: *mǝ̀rtǝ̀kǝ́n
Japanese: *mitua
Comments: The initial vowel correspondence is not quite clear (probably secondary labialization in PT).
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *böteke
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 bird's crop, craw 2 kidneys of animals 3 vulva 4 bird's stomach
Russian meaning: 1 зоб птицы 2 почки животных 3 vulva 4 желудок у птиц
Karakhanid: bütege 1 (OKypch., At-Tuhfat)
Tatar: bütäkä 1, böteg 3
Azerbaidzhan: pätänäk 4
Turkmen: peteke 1 (perhaps a back-borrowing < Mong.?)
Chuvash: pudege 1,2
Yakut: bötögö 4
Kirghiz: bötög/kö 4
Kazakh: bötäkä 2
Noghai: böteke, bötege 1
Bashkir: bütägä 1
Karakalpak: böteke 1, 2
Kumyk: böteke 1
Comments: EDT 304 (sub 'egg-plant'), Ашм. X, 44, VEWT 84. Turk. > Mong. betege 'bird's crop'.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *motoka
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: vulva
Russian meaning: vulva
Evenki: motoko
Spoken Manchu: motǝqun 'genitalia of a nubile girl' (122), motǝrǝ 'child`s vulva' (123)
Comments: ТМС 1, 547. ?? Cf. Evn. mereldiwke 'cerebellum'.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *mǝ̀rtǝ̀kǝ́n
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: bird's navel; (KED) the craw (crop) of a bird or insect
Russian meaning: птичий пупок
Modern Korean: mǝlt:ǝguni
Middle Korean: mǝ̀rtǝ̀kǝ́n
Comments: Nam 212, KED 613.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *mitua
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: pudenda
Russian meaning: гениталии
Old Japanese: mjitwo
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : MVTV
Meaning : female genitalia
Eurasiatic : *mVṭV
Afroasiatic : *mVṭVH- 'woman' (Berb., Ar., Omot., Chad.; the meaning "penis" in some languages may be due to contam. with *mVt- 'man')
Amerind (misc.) : *mat 'belly, navel, rectum' ? (R 53)
Reference : ND 1502, 1506.
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