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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *č`ibe
Meaning: to twist, turn
Russian meaning: крутиться, извиваться
Comments: АПиПЯЯ 287. A Western isogloss; Mong. *čüw < *čiw with secondary assimilative labialization. The PA nature of the root is somewhat dubious because of its expressive meaning and the isolatedness of Evenki forms. altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-reference,
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *čebir-
Meaning: 1 to twist, turn 2 round
Russian meaning: 1 крутить, поворачивать 2 круглый
Karakhanid: čevür- 1 (MK) Turkish: čevir- 1
Middle Turkic: čewür- 1 (Sangl.) Uighur: čäbir- 1
Azerbaidzhan: čevir- 1
Turkmen: čövür- 1
Chuvash: śavar-/śar- 1, śavra 2
Yakut: sebirij- 'to uncoil (of a twisted rope)'
Noghai: šüjir- 'to twiddle a whirligig'
Balkar: čüjür- 'to tuck', čüjre 'contrariwise'
Gagauz: čevir- 1, čevrä 2
Karaim: сivir-, čevir- 1, civre 2
Kumyk: čüjür- 'to wrap'
Comments: VEWT 102, EDT 398, Егоров 201-201, Федотов 2, 80. Despite VEWT, there are no reasons to regard the Chuv. word as a borrowing. turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-krh,turcet-trk,turcet-chg,turcet-uig,turcet-azb,turcet-trm,turcet-chv,turcet-jak,turcet-nogx,turcet-blkx,turcet-gagx,turcet-krmx,turcet-qum,turcet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *čüw
Meaning: ring
Russian meaning: кольцо
Written Mongolian: čü (МХТТТ) Khalkha: cǖ
Buriat: süj
monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-hal,monget-bur,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *čib-
Meaning: to wriggle, roll
Russian meaning: извиваться, кататься
Evenki: čiwar-
Comments: ТМС 2, 389. Cf. also Evk. čepče- 'to roll; to plait (a string, rope)'. An expressive and isolated root, therefore the PTM reconstruction is dubious. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-reference,
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