Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *kab-
Meaning: 1 to break, destroy, press 2 to squeeze, knead
Russian meaning: 1 ломать, разрушать, давить 2 мять
Even: qawъ̣q-, qawъ̣l- 1
Negidal: kawjụ- 2
Comments: ТМС 1, 357, 358. The root is expressive and has several variants: *kab- (see above); *kapu- reflected in Man. qafur 'crackling', Nan. qapo-qapo id., Ul. qapụ(r) id., Orok qapụli- 'to break', Evn. qabъr-, Evk. kapu- id. (see ТМС 1, 377-378); *kupu- in Manchu kufujen 'fragile'. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evn,tunget-neg,tunget-reference,
