Altaic etymology : Query result

Proto-Altaic: *sebe

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: to love, have fun

Russian meaning: любить, веселиться

Turkic: *seb-

Mongolian: *sebki-

Tungus-Manchu: *sebǯe-

Korean: *sipɨ-

Japanese: *sua(m)pa-p-

Comments: EAS 71, Doerfer MT 240, Дыбо 14. Despite Doerfer's (TMN 3, 316) doubts, the root is common Altaic. The Jpn. vowel is quite irregular: perhaps in Jpn. and Kor. we should presuppose a suffixed form *sebV-p- ( > Kor. sipɨ-, PJ *sua-p-, with further suffixation *sua-p-ap-). Cf. also WMong. (L 653) sabla-ldu- 'to show favour, be gracious'.