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Proto-Turkic: *sāb
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: word, speech
Russian meaning: слово, речь
Old Turkic: sab (Orkh.), sav (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: sav (MK)
Turkish: sav
Middle Turkic: sav (AH)
Turkmen: sāv-čɨ 'matchmaker', dial. sāw
Oyrat: sabɨr (bičig) 'богатырское письмо'
Chuvash: sъʷvъʷ 'verse, poem'
Salar: sōǯi 'matchmaker' (ССЯ)
Comments: VEWT 391, EDT 782-783, ЭСТЯ 7, Федотов 2, 20.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *sāba
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: sign
Russian meaning: знак
Turkic: *sāb-
Mongolian: *saɣam
Tungus-Manchu: *sab(i)-
Japanese: *sàmpàk-
Comments: Japanese has an irregular low tone.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *saɣam
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: ruse, dodge, pretext
Russian meaning: предлог, уловка
Written Mongolian: saɣam (МХТТТ)
Khalkha: sām (Gomb. 429)
Kalmuck: sām
Comments: KW 317. The word is not listed in Lessing's dictionary, which includes, however, a WMong. sobin 'omen, sign' ( < Manchu?).
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *sab(i)-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 sign, omen 2 to plan 3 to mark, make notches
Russian meaning: 1 знак, предзнаменование 2 планировать 3 помечать, делать зарубки
Literary Manchu: sabi 1
Jurchen: sabi-biar (861) 2
Orok: sawị- 3
Nanai: sowōča 'веха'
Oroch: sawi- 3
Comments: ТМС 2, 51, 54.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *sàmpàk-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to discern, judge
Russian meaning: разрешать, судить
Middle Japanese: sabak-
Tokyo: sabák-
Kyoto: sábák-
Kagoshima: sàbàk-
Comments: JLTT 744.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *[s]abV
Meaning: sign, word
Altaic: *sāba
Uralic: *sawV [if not < Turk.?]
Comments: Expected *ś in Ur. Cf. *cVwV.
References: Redei 885 (Ug. < Turk.?)
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1864
Proto: *sawV
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: word, speech
German meaning: Wort, Rede
Khanty (Ostyak): săw (O) '(Wein-, Sing-)Stimme', påŋkǝл-săɣǝ (Trj.) 'Lied, das der Wahrsager singt, nachdem er Fliegenpilze gegessen hat', săw (Ko.) 'Melodie'
Mansi (Vogul): såw (N) 'Wort; Laut, Stimme', sow (So.) 'Melodie', sauŋ (K) 'laut'
Hungarian: szó (pl. szók ~ szavak) 'Wort, Rede, Sprache; Ton, Stimme'
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