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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *kum-
Meaning: evil spirit
Russian meaning: злой дух
Nanai: kumtu (Bik.); qōmio (Он.) 'helping spirit, human-shaped figurine of a god' Comments: ТМС 1, 431. Attested only in Nanai, but having probable external parallels. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-nan,tunget-reference,
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *ki̯ằmò
Meaning: ghost, spirit
Russian meaning: дух
Comments: Мудрак Дисс. 192 (Turk.-Mong.). Cf. perhaps also MKor. -kɨ́m in nīm-kɨ́m 'master, Lord' (if -kɨ́m is not borrowed < Jpn. kimi, see under *k`i̯óŋi). altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-tung,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *Kiam
Meaning: 1 shaman 2 to shamanize, come into movement
Russian meaning: 1 шаман 2 камлать, приходить в движение
Old Turkic: qam 1, qamla- 2 (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: qam (MK, KB) 1 Turkish: kam 1
Tatar: qam 1 (Sib.)
Khakassian: xam 1, xamna- 2
Shor: qam 1
Oyrat: qam 1, qamda- 2
Chuvash: jomъś, jumъźǝ 1
Yakut: xam-nā- (xam-sā-) 2
Dolgan: kamnā- 2
Tuva: xam 1
Tofalar: xam 1
Karaim: qamʒɨ 1
turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-atu,turcet-krh,turcet-trk,turcet-tat,turcet-chg,turcet-hak,turcet-shr,turcet-alt,turcet-chv,turcet-jak,turcet-dolg,turcet-tuv,turcet-tof,turcet-krmx,turcet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *keme-
Meaning: 1 to divine on bones 2 to speak, explain (arch.)
Russian meaning: 1 гадать по костям 2 говорить, объяснять
Written Mongolian: keme- 1,2 (L 450) Khalkha: xemē- 2
Kalmuck: kemɛ:- 1
monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-hal,monget-kal,monget-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *kàmù-i
Meaning: god, spirit
Russian meaning: бог, дух
Old Japanese: kami
Middle Japanese: kàmì
Tokyo: kamí
Kyoto: kámi
Kagoshima: kàmí
Comments: JLTT 435. OJ kamu- in compounds (kamu-nusi etc.). japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-ajp,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-comments,
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