Proto-Japanese: *kiari ( ~ *kairi)
Meaning: a k. of marsh bird (plover)
Russian meaning: вид болотной птицы, сероголовый чибис (Microsarcops cinereus Blyth.)
Old Japanese: k(j)eri
Middle Japanese: keri
Tokyo: keri
Comments: Attested already in Man'yōshū (Eastern songs), but absent from JB.
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