Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/taʀu

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

Possibly of Proto-Eskimo-Aleut origin. Compare Aleut tayaĝux̂ (“man”).

Noun

*taʀu

(shamanism) human being
Synonym: *iŋuɣ

Descendants

Proto-Yupik: *taʀu
- Alutiiq: taru
- Yup'ik: taru
- Central Siberian Yupik: taru
- Sirenik: taru
Proto-Inuit: *taʀu
- ⇒ North Alaskan Inupiatun: tarutu (“to be fat”)
- Inuvialuktun:
  - Inuinnaqtun: tauq
  - Netsilik: tau
- Inuktitut:
  - Iglulik: ᑕᐅ (tao), tau
- Inuktun: tau
- Greenlandic: taa
- Tunumiisut: taaq

References

Fortescue, Michael, Jacobson, Steven, Kaplan, Lawrence (2010) Comparative Eskimo Dictionary with Aleut Cognates, 2nd edition, Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center: University of Alaska Fairbanks, →ISBN, page 364