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High East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-High East Cushitic: *fošeʔ-
Meaning: 'breathe'
Kambatta: foošeeʔ-
Notes: From *fošiʔ-?
hecet-prnum,hecet-meaning,hecet-kmb,hecet-notes,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *fVčVʔ-
Meaning: breathe
afaset-meaning,afaset-prnum,afaset-sem,afaset-wch,afaset-cch,afaset-hec,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 1598
Proto-Semitic: *pVt_Vʔ/w/y- ~ *pVwVt_-
Meaning: to breathe, blow
Akkadian: pašû 'hauchen' OA, OB on, [AHw 846]. Cf. also pašūtu 'Auswurf?' (unclear) [ibid.]
Hebrew: PB pwš 'to breathe, rest one's self' [Ja 1149]
Arabic: nft_ [-i-, -u-] 'to blow'
Tigre: fäšfäšä 'to bluster, steam'; fǝšfǝšo 'vapour-bath' [LH 663]; related with stem reduplication and a tenable meaning shift
Notes: Cf. *pšw 'to break wind silently', No. (see comments to that entry)
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-akk,semet-hbr,semet-ara,semet-tgr,semet-notes,
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West Chadic etymology :
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Proto-WChadic: *fyač-
Meaning: 'blow'
Diri: fǝču [SkNb]
Cagu: fēs [SkNb]
Notes: -s < *-č-
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-dir,wchet-cag,wchet-notes,
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Central Chadic etymology :
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Proto-CChadic: *fiS-
Meaning: 'blow'
Mbara: pìsé [TMba]
Logone: fifǝ́ssǝ̀ [CLR]
cchet-prnum,cchet-meaning,cchet-mba,cchet-log,
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Long-range etymologies :
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Borean (approx.) : PVCV
Meaning : to blow
Amerind (misc.) : *puci 'blow' (R 74); *pos 'lungs' (R 449) [+ A]; *pos 'swell' (R 723) [+ A] Reference : GE 16 *puci (with dubious NS). globet-meaning,globet-nostr,globet-afas,globet-amer,globet-reference,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *p`uSV
Meaning: to blow
Indo-European: *peus- (Pok. 847) [cf. *pAus- 'swell']
Kartvelian: Georg. pšv- 'exhale fragrance', pšva 'fragrance', pšvin- 'leise atmen, duften'
References: МССНЯ 339; ND 1815 *[ṗ]ušV 'to blow' (+ Sem.). nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-ier,nostret-alt,nostret-ura,nostret-kart,nostret-reference,
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *p`ùčV ( ~ *p-, -o-)
Meaning: to blow
Russian meaning: дуть
Comments: SKE 211-212, Lee 1958, 111. An Eastern isogloss; may be actually a variant of *p`ṑči - if the original meaning was 'to blow out (fire)'. Kor. low tone reflects the stem's original verbal nature. altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-tung,altet-kor,altet-jap,altet-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *pus-
Meaning: 1 to blow, blow out (fire) 2 to fan 3 fan
Russian meaning: 1 дуть, задувать (огонь) 2 обмахиваться (веером) 2 веер
Evenki: hus- 1
Literary Manchu: fusxe-, fisi(xi)- 2, fusxe-ku 3
Jurchen: fu-sxe-ŋu 3 (221)
Nanai: fexse- 'to shake', fexseŋku 'bellows'
Comments: ТМС 2, 36, 304, 336. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-man,tunget-chu,tunget-nan,tunget-reference,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *pùčhǝ́i
Meaning: fan
Russian meaning: веер
Modern Korean: pučhä
Middle Korean: pùčhǝ́i
koret-prnum,koret-meaning,koret-rusmean,koret-phn,koret-ako,koret-reference,
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *pùsù-(m)pur-
Meaning: to smoke
Russian meaning: дымить(ся)
Middle Japanese: fùsùbór-
Tokyo: fusubur-
japet-prnum,japet-meaning,japet-rusmean,japet-mjp,japet-tok,japet-comments,
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Uralic etymology :
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Number: 838
Proto: *pušV
English meaning: to blow
German meaning: blasen
Finnish: puhu- 'sprechen, reden; dial. blasen', puhalta- 'blasen, wehen' ?
Estonian: puhu- 'wehen, blasen; sprechen, singen; schwellen, aufdunsen' ?
Saam (Lapp): bǫsso- -s- (N) 'blow; breathe heavily', påsso- (L) 'wehen, blasen', påsse-, posse- (Kld. Not.) 'aufschwellen' ?
Komi (Zyrian): puški̮- (S Lu. I Ud.) 'schnaubend (Rauchwolken) paffen; blasen, wehen' ?
Khanty (Ostyak): pŏḷ-, pŏl- (V) 'spritzen, bespritzen', păt- (DN) 'id. (mit dem Mund)', păl- (O) 'wehen, blasen' ?
Mansi (Vogul): pot- (KU), put- (LU) 'bespritzen', potǝwl- (TJ), putǟs- (P), putās- (LU) 'spritzen (einmal)', pūtäs- (N) 'speien' ?
Selkup: puttu (NP) 'Speichel', putōn- (KeO Ty.) 'spucken, speien; Wasser spritzen, gießen'
Sammalahti's version: FU *puša-
uralet-proto,uralet-prnum,uralet-meaning,uralet-germmean,uralet-fin,uralet-est,uralet-saa,uralet-kom,uralet-khn,uralet-man,uralet-slk,uralet-samm2,
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