*apaka

1 Alnus fruticosa; Labrador tea 2 a k. of fern

Proto-Turkic: *apaka
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Proto-Altaic: *àp`akV ( ~ -k`-)
Turkic: *apaka
Tungus-Manchu: *(x)apkā-
Japanese: *àpàkì
Comments: VEWT 1, Попов 1986, 92. OT and Chuv. reflect a folk etymology (confusion with apa 'bear').
Russian meaning: 1 вид ольхи; багульник 2 вид папоротника
Karakhanid: apa bašɨ 'Cannabis sativa, it is a plant which grows like Cucumis sativus and has a thorny stern, it is eaten in the mountains' (MK Qypch.)
Tatar: abaɣa 2
Chuvash: uba-zarri 2
Yakut: abaɣa 1
Bashkir: abaɣa 2