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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *sĭ̀gó
Meaning: thick growth
Russian meaning: чаща, заросли
Mongolian: *siguj
Tungus-Manchu: *sigǖ
Japanese: *sìnkài-
Comments: KW 367, Poppe 30, 58, АПиПЯЯ 79, Rozycki 197. The TM form is classified as a borrowing from Mong. by Doerfer MT 47, which cannot be excluded.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *siguj
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: thick growth
Russian meaning: чаща, заросли
Written Mongolian: siɣui (L 700)
Middle Mongolian: šikui (SH)
Khalkha: šuguj
Buriat: šugɨ
Kalmuck: šuɣū
Ordos: šuxʷī
Dagur: šigē (Тод. Даг. 163: sigī)
Comments: KW 367, MGCD 726. Mong. > Evk. čiɣī, see Poppe 1972, 102.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *sigǖ
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: thick growth
Russian meaning: чаща
Evenki: siɣī
Even: hịɣị
Negidal: siwū
Literary Manchu: ša, šuwa
Ulcha: sē̂u
Orok: sị̄ɣị
Nanai: sịo
Oroch: siǯai
Udighe: siǯa`i, siǯampa`i (Корм. 284)
Comments: ТМС 2, 77.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *sìnkài-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: thick growth, grow thickly
Russian meaning: чаща, заросли, густо расти
Old Japanese: sige-r-, sige- (adj.)
Middle Japanese: sige-r-, sìgè- (adj.)
Tokyo: shigér-, shìgemi / shigemí
Kyoto: shígér-, shígémí
Kagoshima: shìgèr-, shigemí
Comments: JLTT 750, 840. The noun *si(n)kai-mi reveals unclear accent variation in Kyoto and Tokyo.
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