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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *kòrài
Meaning: whale
Russian meaning: кит
Modern Korean: korä
Middle Korean: kòrài
koret-prnum,koret-meaning,koret-rusmean,koret-phn,koret-ako,koret-reference,
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *koru
Meaning: a k. of big fish
Russian meaning: вид большой рыбы
Comments: Accent correspondence between Kor. and Jpn. is irregular.
altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-kor,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *Kor(t)-
Meaning: 1 burbot 2 pike 3 huso, beluga
Russian meaning: 1 налим 2 щука 3 белуга
Tatar: (КСТТ) qurtɨ 1, qurtan 2 Khakassian: xortɨ 1 (Sag.)
Shor: qortu 1
Oyrat: qortu 1
Chuvash: ? kъrtъš, kъrъš 'ruff' ( = Mari kɨrɨš, kǝrkke 'trout')
Kazakh: qortpa 3
Noghai: qortpa 3
Comments: Федотов 1, 260. For Chuv. kъrtъš cf. also Tat. qɨrtɨš (the direction of borrowing is unclear). turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-tat,turcet-hak,turcet-shr,turcet-alt,turcet-chv,turcet-kaz,turcet-nogx,turcet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *korbu
Meaning: beluga, white fish
Russian meaning: белуга, белая рыба
Written Mongolian: qorbu (L 965) Khalkha: xorov
Comments: Cf. also WMong. qarba 'a k. of fresh-water fish' (or is it < 'carp'?).
monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-hal,monget-kal,monget-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *koru
Meaning: pike
Russian meaning: щука
Even: kȫrike, kurike 'a k. of fish (род мальмы)'
Negidal: kojčān
Literary Manchu: xoro
Ulcha: qorụ
Comments: ТМС 1, 404, 420. Manchu has also a front-row variant kure 'tench' (also kurče, kurčin 'a k. of sea fish'), see ТМС 1, 438 (cf. also Ul., Nan. kuere 'амур белый', ТМС 1, 445); the Manchu word was borrowed > WMong. küre, Kalm. kür 'tench' (see Doerfer MT 144). tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evn,tunget-neg,tunget-man,tunget-ulc,tunget-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *kùntírà
Meaning: whale
Russian meaning: кит
Old Japanese: kudira
Middle Japanese: kùdírà
Tokyo: kùjira
Kyoto: kùjírà
Kagoshima: kujirá
Comments: JLTT 468. The Kyoto accent is aberrant. japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-ajp,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-comments,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *kVrV
Meaning: a k. of fish
References: Suggested by V. Glumov.
nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-alt,nostret-ura,nostret-reference,
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Uralic etymology :
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Number: 271
Proto: *kärV
English meaning: a k. of fish
German meaning: eine Art Fisch (Sterlett? )
Udmurt (Votyak): karei 'Acipenser pygmaeus' ?
Khanty (Ostyak): köri (V) 'kleiner Sterlett', kȧ̆rǝ (DN) 'Sterlett (fetter)', kȧ̆ri 'kleiner Sterlett' ( > Russ. карыш > Khant. Kr. kȧrǝš)
Mansi (Vogul): karkä.j (TJ), kɔ̄̈rɣǝj (KU), kāraj (So.) 'Acipenser ruthenus', kārǝj (P) 'Fisch (überhaupt)'
Nenets (Yurak): χirī (K) 'kleiner Stör', kiŕī (Nj.), kiĹī (P) 'Sterlett'
uralet-proto,uralet-prnum,uralet-meaning,uralet-germmean,uralet-udm,uralet-khn,uralet-man,uralet-nen,
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Borean (approx.) : KVRV
Meaning : a k. of fish
Reference : Suggested by V. Glumov.
globet-meaning,globet-nostr,globet-afas,globet-reference,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ka(w)r-
Meaning: fish
Notes: Cf. HSED 2061 *q̇ar- 'fish' (Eg ḫꜣ.t and Hs ḳarāyā compared to Gel kaara, Warazi *ḫar- and Hamar kara, all <*kar-). Cf. Nub (Kenuzi, Dongola) káre 'fish'
afaset-meaning,afaset-prnum,afaset-sem,afaset-lec,afaset-wrz,afaset-omo,afaset-notes,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 2454
Proto-Semitic: *kVwVr-
Meaning: kind of fish
Judaic Aramaic: kawrā 'fish in the cauf; fish in general' [Ja. 617].
Mandaic Aramaic: kauara 'fish' [DM 196].
Geʕez (Ethiopian): kawwara 'to set traps, catch fish' LGz 300
Soqotri: kúwerhor 'espèce de poisson [LS 215] (cf. also kér 'kind of shark' [NP 52]).
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Low East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-Low East Cushitic: *kar-
Meaning: 'fish'
Dasenech (Geleba): kaara
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Warazi etymology :
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Proto-Warazi: *kari(-t)-
Meaning: 'fish'
Gawwada (Gawata): ḫaare
Tsamay (Dume, Gaba, Kule): ḫaarite
Harso (Werize): haaricce
Dihina: haaricce
Gollango (Wellango): haare
Notes: Dull 242; rather < SOmot because of -ḫ-
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Omotic etymology :
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Proto-Omotic: *kar-
Meaning: 'fish'
Hamer: kāra Bend Aroid
Ongota: kāra
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