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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *tojigun
Meaning: falcon
Russian meaning: сокол
Written Mongolian: tuiɣun, (L 819) tojiɣun Khalkha: tojgon, tojxon
Kalmuck: tūɣǝn, tǖɣǝn
Comments: KW 413, TMN 2, 658. Mong. > MKor. thuikon (see Lee 1964, 192); > Chag. tojɣan, Yak. tojon, Kaz. tujɣɨn, Nogh. tujɣɨn (should be distinguished from the common Turkic *dogan, on which see under *toga!). monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-hal,monget-kal,monget-reference,
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *t`úbé
Meaning: a k. of bird of prey
Russian meaning: вид хищной птицы
Comments: The root evidently denoted some big bird of prey (kite, eagle or falcon); the isolated Ul. form fits in well phonetically, but not so well semantically.
altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-kor,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *tuba
Meaning: jackdaw, rook
Russian meaning: галка, грач
Ulcha: towa, tụwa
Comments: ТМС 2, 218. Attested only in Ul., but having probable external parallels. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-ulc,tunget-reference,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *tàbàkí
Meaning: a k. of bird of prey
Russian meaning: вид хищной птицы
Modern Korean: t:aogi 'crested ibis'; tok-suri 'eagle'
Middle Korean: tà'wàkí
Comments: Nam 132, KED 387, 473 (tok-suri is explained as 'bald eagle', but tok- may well be a contraction of *tabak-). koret-prnum,koret-meaning,koret-rusmean,koret-phn,koret-ako,koret-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *tǝ́mpí ( ~ -ua-)
Meaning: kite
Russian meaning: коршун
Old Japanese: t(w)ob(j)i
Middle Japanese: tóbí
Tokyo: tóbi
Kyoto: tòbî
Kagoshima: tóbi
Comments: JLTT 547. The Kyoto and Tokyo accents are irregular, pointing to a variant *tǝ̀(m)pî; RJ and Kagoshima reflect high level tone. japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-ajp,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-comments,
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