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Uralic etymology :
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Number: 499
Proto: *lowkkV
English meaning: hole, opening
German meaning: Loch, Ӧffnung, Höhle
Finnish: loukka, loukas (gen. loukkaan) 'Schlupfwinkel', loukku 'Spalte, Höhle', loukko 'Ecke, Winkel, Versteck, Höhle', ? laukku 'Öffnung, Loch', ? liukku 'Schneehöhle' ( > Saam. N loaw'ko -wk- 'corner in a room')
Estonian: lõugas (gen. lõuka) 'gemauerte Seite des Aschenloches vor der Ofenmündung'
Mari (Cheremis): lǝ̑k (KB), luk (U) 'Ecke, Hausecke', luk (B) 'Innenecke'
Khanty (Ostyak): (ĺök (V) 'Ecke, Winkel' - rejected by Redei)
Hungarian: lyuk (dial. gyuk, juk, lik, luk) 'Loch; Höhle' ?
Nenets (Yurak): loχeʔ (O) 'Winkel' ? [if not < Khanty]
Addenda: Kar. loukko 'Öffnung, Loch, Höhle'; Ne uxu?
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *lVwḳV
Meaning: corner, bend
References: ND 1291 *l̄owḲV 'hole, opening' (Ural. + Alt., confused with *luḳV); ND 1589 *ń[ow/Ha]Ḳi 'to bend, be crooked' (same Alt. (Mong.) + Drav. from *lukV + FP *ńokke 'crooked, bent' - hardly a valid root). nostret-meaning,nostret-ier,nostret-alt,nostret-ura,nostret-reference,
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *lek(')h-
Meaning: crooked, hooked
Old Greek: lékhrio- `schräg, quer, schief', adv. lékhris `id.', adv. likriphís `quer, seitwärts, mit einem Seitensprung'
Latin: licinus, -a `aufwärts gekrümmt'
Russ. meaning: кривой, загнутый
References: WH
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *làk`ù
Meaning: to bend, hang, hanger
Russian meaning: нагибать, вешать, вешалка
Comments: The original meaning was probably 'hook or (bent) stick for hanging smth.', which can well explain all the available reflexes. It is also possible to reconstruct a derivative *làk`ù-čV 'smth. bent, curved' reflected in MKor. náks ( < *nák-č) and Evk. laku-ča.
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *naki-
Meaning: to bend
Russian meaning: сгибать, наклонять
Written Mongolian: naki- (L 561) Khalkha: naxij-
Buriat: naxī-
Kalmuck: nakī-
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *laxu-
Meaning: 1 to hang 2 hanger, cross-beam (for hanging) 3 harpoon rudder 4 harpoon point
Russian meaning: 1 вешать, подвешивать 2 вешалка, козлы (для вешания) 3 руль плавающего гарпуна 4 наконечник гарпуна
Evenki: laku-ča 'loop'
Spoken Manchu: ĺaki- 'to hang, to dangle' (1646)
Literary Manchu: laḱa- 1, laḱaqu 2
Ulcha: laχụ 3
Orok: lāχụ 4
Comments: ТМС 1, 488, 501-502. The root should be distinguished from *loka- (v. sub *lúke). tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-sib,tunget-man,tunget-ulc,tunget-ork,tunget-reference,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *náks
Meaning: hook
Russian meaning: крюк
Modern Korean: nak:si
Middle Korean: náks
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Japanese etymology :
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Proto-Japanese: *nuki
Meaning: cross-beam
Russian meaning: балка, поперечная рейка
Middle Japanese: nuki
Tokyo: nuki
Comments: Usually analysed as a deverbative from *núk- 'to pass through' - but external evidence shows that this is rather a folk etymology.
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