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Proto-Altaic: "*ni{_}ombu" | Query method: Match substring
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Proto-Altaic: *ni̯ombu
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: thin
Russian meaning: тонкий
Mongolian: *nimgen
Tungus-Manchu: *nem(i)- / *niambu-
Comments: Poppe 38, АПиПЯЯ 51, 286, KW 276. A Mong.-Tung. isogloss. A probable reflex in Jpn. is OJ num(j)er- 'be slippery' - with the meaning influenced by *nàmià 'slippery' (see *ni̯ùmà). The roots *ni̯ombu and *ni̯uma generally tend to influence each other.
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