Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *kupe-
Meaning: 1 to swell up 2 hill, mound 3 convex
Russian meaning: 1 вздуваться, распухать 2 холм, бугор 3 выпуклый
Evenki: kepe- 1, kupike, kuwudek 2
Negidal: kupe- 1
Ulcha: kubdu 2
Nanai: kubdū 2, kupul-kupul 3
Comments: ТМС 1, 422, 434, 452. The root actively contaminates with *kepu- 'to drift, float on the surface' (v. sub *kup`e). tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-neg,tunget-ulc,tunget-nan,tunget-reference,