Proto-Altaic: *t`ĕma ( ~ -o)
Meaning: net string, net needle
Russian meaning: веревка сети, игла для сети
Comments: Most sources indicate that the root was used as a fishing term (either a string in the net or a needle for the net). Morphologically cf. the match between PT *temen and Manchu temene ~ temun.
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