Japanese etymology : Query result

Proto-Japanese: *tànk-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: 1 kind, class 2 mutually, each other

Russian meaning: 1 вид, род 2 взаимно, друг друга

Old Japanese: tagupji 1, tagapji (ni) 2

Middle Japanese: tàgùfì 1, tàgáfí (ni) 2

Tokyo: tágui 1, tàgai ni 2

Kyoto: tágúi 1, tàgàí ni 2

Kagoshima: taguí 1, tagaí ni 2

Comments: JLTT 537, 538. Cf. also OJ tàgàp- 'to differ from one another' - probably the same root as tàgápji ni, but influenced by tígáp- 'to differ' (v. sub *t`ḗk`í).