Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/nuliʀ(aʀ)

This Proto-Eskimo entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Eskimo

Etymology

Seemingly from the verbal root *nul(l)iʀ- (“to copulate with”) +‎ *aʀ (“thing resembling something”, post-base).

Noun

*nuliʀ(aʀ)

  1. wife

Derived terms

  • *nuliʀ(aʀ)iʀ- (“to lose one's wife”)

Descendants

  • Proto-Yupik: *nuliʀaʀ
    • Alutiiq: nulir
    • Yup'ik: nuliaq, nulirr
    • Naukanski: нуле̄ӄ (nuliaq)
    • Central Siberian Yupik: nuliiq, nuliχ
    • Sirenik: нуци́ӽ (nucíχ)
  • Proto-Inuit: *nuliaq

References

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