Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *kata- / *kete-
Meaning: to knock (with hooves), sound of knocking
Russian meaning: стучать (копытами), подражание стуку
Negidal: keter-keter
Literary Manchu: kete-qata
Ulcha: ketes
Orok: qatam, qatar, qatari
Nanai: keter-keter
Comments: ТМС 1, 384, 456. Other expressive variants are: Man. kitir seme 'quick (of horse trot)' (ТМС 1, 400), *kute- (ТМС 1, 440). tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-neg,tunget-man,tunget-ulc,tunget-ork,tunget-nan,tunget-reference,