Proto-Turkic: *čom- / *čöm-
Meaning: 1 to dive 2 to swim 3 to scoop 4 to immerse, dip 5 scoop
Russian meaning: 1 погружаться, нырять 2 плавать, купаться 3 черпать 4 окунать 5 черпак, ковш
Old Turkic: čom- = čöm- 1 (OUygh.)
Turkish: čömče 5
Tatar: čum- 1, čümeč 5
Middle Turkic: čom- 1 (Abush.)
Uzbek: čụm-(mɔq) 1, čụmič 5
Uighur: čom-, čom-ul- (pass.) 1, čömüč 5
Sary-Yughur: čomɨš 5 (ЯЖУ)
Azerbaidzhan: čömčä 5
Khakassian: som- 1,2, somnax 'spoon'
Shor: šom- 2
Oyrat: čöm- 1, 4, čomɨjaq 'pannier made of birch bark'
Chuvash: čъʷm- 1 ( < Tat.?; čъm 'jar' may be < Pers., see Федотов 2, 401)
Yakut: som-us- 3
Tuva: šɨm-ɨn- (refl.) 1
Tofalar: šom- 1, šomuq 'a small trough made of birch bark'
Kirghiz: čomul-/čömül- 1, 2, čömü- 1, čömö- 4, čömüč 5
Kazakh: šom-ɨl- (pass.) 1, 2, šömiš 5
Noghai: šom-ɨl- (pass.) 1, 2, šomaqa , šömiš 5
Bashkir: sumɨ- 1, sümes 5
Balkar: čömüč 5
Karaim: (K) čöm- 1, (T) čom- 1, 2, (H) com- 1, 'to flow'; (K) čomɨč, (T) čömüč 5
Karakalpak: šom-ɨl- (pass.) 1, 2, šömiš 5
Salar: čum- (čöm-) 1, 2 (ССЯ)
Kumyk: čom- 4, čomuč 5
Comments: VEWT 115, TMN 3, 95-99, EDT 422, Егоров 319. Cf. also *čamčak / -ɨ- 'big spoon' (VEWT 98; < *čom-čak?). Various forms meaning 'to squat' may belong here as well (cf.: Tur. čömel-, Az. čömäl-, Gag. čömel-, Turkm. čommal-, Tat. čümäš-, Kaz. šömej-, KBalk. čömel- ('trip over'; cf. also čömel-t- 'to turn over; dip someone into water'), with a secondary semantic development ('dip, dive' > 'fall or sit down, squat'); cf. similar semantic shifts in PT *čök-.
