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Kartvelian etymology :
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Proto-Kartvelian: *maṭ-
Russian meaning: быть достаточным
English meaning: to be enough
Georgian: maṭ-; meṭ-i 'more'
Svan: mṭ-
Svan meaning (Rus.): добавлять
Svan meaning (Eng.): to add
Notes and references: EWK 231. Ср. алт. *miat`V 'самый, больше всего'.
kartet-prnum,kartet-rusmean,kartet-meaning,kartet-gru,kartet-sva,kartet-svmean,kartet-esvmean,kartet-notes,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *mVṭV
Meaning: most, enough
nostret-meaning,nostret-alt,nostret-kart,
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *mét`ò
Meaning: most
Russian meaning: самый
Comments: SKE 142, EAS 79, Martin 247. Cf. also similar forms (maybe specialized usages of the same root): MKor. mātā̆i / mátắi 'top', Jpn. maT- 'emphatic prefix'; Evk. mātālīkān 'up to the top', moton 'even'. altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-mong,altet-kor,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *-med
Meaning: the most, the eldest
Russian meaning: самый, старший
Written Mongolian: -mad, -med (МХТТТ) Middle Mongolian: döji-med (SH) 'the eldest of younger sisters' Khalkha: -mad, -med
Comments: Occurs in some compounds: aqa-mad 'the eldest (brother)', egeči-med 'elder (woman)', jeke-med 'the elder ones' etc.
monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-mmo,monget-hal,monget-reference,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *mằt
Meaning: the eldest
Russian meaning: старший
Modern Korean: mat
Middle Korean: mằt
koret-prnum,koret-meaning,koret-rusmean,koret-phn,koret-ako,koret-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *mǝ́tǝ̀-mǝ̀
Meaning: the most
Russian meaning: самый
Old Japanese: m(w)ot(w)om(w)o
Middle Japanese: mótòmò
Tokyo: móttomo
Kyoto: móttómó
Kagoshima: mottómo
Comments: Accent correspondences are rather uncertain; but the evidence is for the most part in favour of high tone on the first syllable.
japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-ajp,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-kyo,japet-kag,japet-comments,
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