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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *kū̀gù
Meaning: swan
Russian meaning: лебедь
Comments: Дыбо 9, Лексика 172, Whitman 1985, 183, 222. Kor. has an irregular low tone. The root is onomatopeic and the medial consonant behaves irregularly in TM (various assimilations are attested). In Turkic the root could additionally contaminate with *ki̯òpù q. v. The Altaic antiquity is, however, beyond doubt. altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-tung,altet-kor,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *Kugu
Meaning: swan
Russian meaning: лебедь
Old Turkic: quɣu (Yen., OUygh.)
Turkish: koɣu, kuɣu
Tatar: qū, qu (Буд.); Sib. quɣɨ 'polar duck' Uzbek: quw
Uighur: quw
Azerbaidzhan: Gu, Guɣu
Turkmen: Guv
Khakassian: xū
Shor: qū
Oyrat: qū
Yakut: kuba
Dolgan: kuba
Tuva: qū
Kirghiz: qū
Kazakh: quw
Noghai: quw
Balkar: quw
Karaim: quɣu, qoɣu, quw
Karakalpak: quw
Kumyk: quw, qū
turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-atu,turcet-krh,turcet-trk,turcet-tat,turcet-chg,turcet-uzb,turcet-uig,turcet-azb,turcet-trm,turcet-hak,turcet-shr,turcet-alt,turcet-jak,turcet-dolg,turcet-tuv,turcet-krg,turcet-kaz,turcet-nogx,turcet-blkx,turcet-krmx,turcet-klpx,turcet-qum,turcet-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *kūku (/*xūku)
Meaning: swan
Russian meaning: лебедь
Evenki: ūk-si
Even: ụ̄-sị
Negidal: xūk-si
Ulcha: kuku
Orok: kuku / kukku
Nanai: kuku
Oroch: kūku
Udighe: kūxi
Comments: ТМС 1, 426-427; 2, 336. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-evn,tunget-neg,tunget-ulc,tunget-ork,tunget-nan,tunget-orc,tunget-ude,tunget-reference,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *kòhài
Meaning: heron
Russian meaning: цапля
Middle Korean: kòhài
koret-prnum,koret-meaning,koret-rusmean,koret-ako,koret-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *kùkùpí
Meaning: swan
Russian meaning: лебедь
Old Japanese: kukupji
Middle Japanese: kùkùfí
Tokyo: kugui (arch.)
japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-ajp,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-comments,
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