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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *kùsà-
Meaning: foul, stinking
Russian meaning: дурно пахнущий, вонючий
Old Japanese: kusa-
Middle Japanese: kùsà-
Tokyo: kusá-
Kyoto: kùsà-
Kagoshima: kusá-
Comments: JLTT 833. Cf. also, as a noun, PJ *kùsà 'eczema' (JLTT 465). japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-ajp,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-comments,
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *kùši ( ~ -o-)
Meaning: to rot
Russian meaning: гнить
Comments: An Eastern isogloss; but cf. also WMong. kösür-sün (Kalm. kösrsn) 'dung' = OJ kùswò id.; WMong. kusam 'sediment in a pot after boiling milk' (MGCD 392); Yak. kuha-ɣan, Dolg. kuha-gan 'bad' (Stachowski 159). Kor. has a usual verbal low tone. altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-tung,altet-kor,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *kušu
Meaning: 1 touchwood 2 dandruff, soot
Russian meaning: 1 гнилушка, труха 2 перхоть, ушная сера, сажа
Evenki: kuču 1
Even: kuč 1
Negidal: kutin 1 [ = kučin]
Literary Manchu: χosori, χusuri 2
Nanai: kuči (Он.) 'uneven surface of birch-bark' Comments: ТМС 1, 441, 479. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-evn,tunget-neg,tunget-man,tunget-nan,tunget-reference,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *kùsɨ̀-
Meaning: odorous
Russian meaning: пахучий
Modern Korean: kusu-ha-
Middle Korean: kùsɨ̀-
koret-prnum,koret-meaning,koret-rusmean,koret-phn,koret-ako,koret-reference,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *gVc`wV ( ~ -č`w- )
Meaning: bitter
nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-alt,nostret-ura,
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Uralic etymology :
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Number: 218
Proto: *kačke
English meaning: bitter
German meaning: bitter
Finnish: katkera, kitkerä 'bitter, herb'
Saam (Lapp): guoccâ ~ kuoccâ -c'câg- (N) 'rotten', kuohtsa (L) '(stinkender) Geruch', kī̊cc (T), kūcc (Kld.), kuohc (Not.) 'sauer (z. B. Fisch)'
Mari (Cheremis): kačǝ̑ (KB), koč́o (U), kočo (B) 'bitter, herb'
Udmurt (Votyak): ke̮š (S G) 'bitter, herb; unschmackhaft, ungesalzt'
Khanty (Ostyak): ki̮č (V), χĭšǝ (Ni.), ki̮či̮m (V), χečem (DN), χĭšem (Kaz.) 'Schimmel'
Mansi (Vogul): kɛ̮šǝk (TJ), χāšɣǝ (KU), kaššǝ (P), χāssí (So.)
Sammalahti's version: FP (ohne Fi) *kač(č?)V
uralet-proto,uralet-prnum,uralet-meaning,uralet-germmean,uralet-fin,uralet-saa,uralet-mar,uralet-udm,uralet-khn,uralet-man,uralet-samm2,
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Borean (approx.) : KVCV
Meaning : bitter, sour
Amerind (misc.) : *ḳači 'salt' (actually: 'bitter, sour') (R 593) [+ A?] globet-meaning,globet-nostr,globet-amer,
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