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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *mā̃k- (*mā̃k-ja-) vb.
Meaning: rumple, injure
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lettish: màkt (-cu) `befallen, überfallen, drängen, drücken, plagen, quälen, bewältigen'
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *māk-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: to rumple, to press
Slavic: *māčьkātī
Baltic: *mā̃k- (*mā̃k-ja-) vb.
Latin: mactāre `schlachten, heimsuchen, quälen'
Russ. meaning: мять, давить
References: WP II 223 f (differently in Pok.)
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *büḲa
Meaning: to bend
Borean: Borean
Indo-European: *bheug(h)- 'to bend' (Pok. 152-153)
Altaic: *bi̯ŭ̀k`í
Comments: Niv. ??? poku 'горб'.
References: МССНЯ 336, ОСНЯ 1, 191; ND 191 *büḲ[a] ( + Omot. *buḳ- 'knee').
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *bi̯ŭ̀k`í
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: to bow, bend
Russian meaning: гнуть(ся)
Turkic: *bük-
Mongolian: *bök-
Tungus-Manchu: *buk-
Japanese: *pìnkàm-
Comments: EAS 147, KW 55, Poppe 56, ОСНЯ 1, 191. Despite Doerfer MT 56, TM is hardly borrowed from Mong., and (despite TMN 2, 352) the Turk. and Mong. forms are certainly related. Cf. also Turk. *bok- 'to cross (legs), bend (knees)' (VEWT 79, EDT 311), WMong. boki- (KW 49) 'to bend', reflecting a back-row variant of the same root. Part of the Mongolian (*bög-) and TM forms seem to go back to a variant *bi̯ŭ̀ki.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *bük-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 to bow, bend 2 to curve, bend, wrap smth.
Russian meaning: 1 сгибаться, кланяться 2 сгибать, складывать, свертывать
Karakhanid: bük- 1 (MK)
Turkish: bük- 2
Tatar: bög- 2
Middle Turkic: bük- 1 (Sangl. Pav. C.)
Uzbek: buk- 2
Uighur: pük- 2
Azerbaidzhan: bük- 2
Turkmen: bük- 2
Khakassian: pük- 2
Shor: pük- 2
Oyrat: bük- (-gV) 2
Chuvash: pǝʷk- 2
Yakut: bük 'a bend, flexion'; bügülē- 2
Tuva: bük- 'to wrap'
Kirghiz: bük- (-gV-) 2
Kazakh: bük/g- 2
Noghai: bük- (-gV-) 2
Bashkir: bögö- 2
Balkar: bük- (-gV-) 2
Gagauz: bük- 2
Karaim: büg-ül- 1 (K)
Karakalpak: bük- (-gV-) 2
Salar: pöx- 2 (ССЯ 454)
Kumyk: bük- (-gV-) 2
Comments: EDT 324, VEWT 91-92, ЭСТЯ 2, 290-293.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *bök-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 hump 2 to bend (tr.) 3 to bend, bow, incline 4 humpbacked
Russian meaning: 1 горб 2 гнуть 3 сгибаться, наклоняться, кланяться 4 горбатый
Written Mongolian: böke 1, bökeji-, böküi- (L 126, 127) 2
Middle Mongolian: bokotur, bogotur (SH), bukä-tu (MA) 4
Khalkha: böx(ön) 1, bögtör 4
Buriat: büxe(n) 1, bükti-, bügdi- 3
Kalmuck: bökṇ 1
Ordos: bökö 1, bögötör 4
Dagur: bug 1 (Тод. Даг. 128), (MGCD) buēktuē, buku
Shary-Yoghur: bögön 1
Monguor: pugī-, bukī- (Huzu) 3
Mogol: ZM bökkän 'the hump of a camel'
Comments: KW 55, MGCD 161, 162, 181. Mong. > Oyr. bökö- 'bend (tr.)', Yak bököj- 'bow, bend' (intr.), Kirgh. bök- 'припасть к земле, опуститься на колени (о верблюдице, для случки)'.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *buk-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: hump, to bend
Russian meaning: горб, гнуться
Evenki: buke-
Even: bökčen-
Negidal: boxon
Literary Manchu: boqto, buqtu, buqda-
Ulcha: boqo(n)
Orok: boqqo
Nanai: bukũ
Udighe: boxo
Solon: buktur
Comments: ТМС 1, 104. Man. > Dag. bogto 'hill, mound' (Тод. Даг. 126).
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *pìnkàm-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: be twisted, warped
Russian meaning: быть искривленным, покоробленным
Middle Japanese: fìgàm-
Tokyo: higám-
Kyoto: hígám-
Kagoshima: higám-
Comments: JLTT 688.
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : PVKV
Meaning : bow
Eurasiatic : *büḲa
Afroasiatic : *pVg-
Amerind (misc.) : *poḳu 'bow' (R 88)
Reference : GE 32 *bu(n)ka (+ NC, NS, IP, Austral.)
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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *pVg-
Meaning: bow
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Berber: *fVgag- 'cross-bar of the loom'
Egyptian: pd_.t (AE) 'bow' (n.)
Notes: Derived from *pVg- 'stretch'.
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Berber etymology :

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Proto-Berber: *fVgag-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'cross-bar of the loom'
Senhadja: a-fǝggag
Izdeg: a-fžaž
Izayan: a-fǝggag
Rif: a-fǝžaž
Wargla: a-fžaž
Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): a-fǝgag
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Egyptian etymology :

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Old Egyptian: pd_.t (AE)
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'bow' (n.)
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