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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *kete, *kēter
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 big 2 many 3 elder 4 almost
Russian meaning: 1 большой 2 много 3 старший 4 почти
Evenki: kēter 1, kete 2
Even: kēter 1
Negidal: kētej 1
Ulcha: ketele 4
Orok: ketette 4
Nanai: kēte 3, ketēle 4
Oroch: kēte 1, kete 4
Udighe: kete 'more' (Корм. 213), ketige 4
Comments: ТМС 1, 455-456. The form kēte(re) (with a long vowel) observed in some languages may have been influenced by *kādara 'big' (cf. e. g. Orok kādara); the relationship between *kete and *kāda(ra) is somewhat obscure.
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