Proto-Altaic: *t`emV
Meaning: to grope, search
Russian meaning: ощупывать, искать
Comments: SKE 261, ТМС 2, 234. A Mong.-Tung. isogloss; but for a possible Jpn. parallel see *t`àma, and for a possible derivative reflected in Turkic and Japanese see *t`ìnt`a.