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Proto-Japanese: *niàkua ( ~ *nàikua)
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: cat
Russian meaning: кошка
Old Japanese: nekwo
Tokyo: néko
Kyoto: nékò
Kagoshima: nekó
Comments: JLTT 495. Accent is not quite clear: probably a variation of *nàikuà ( > Kyoto nékò) and *nàikuá (Tokyo néko); Kagoshima supports low tone on the first syllable, but is irrelevant for the second one.
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