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Proto-Eskimo: *pu[rn]ǝʁ
Meaning: fat, butter, dough
Russian meaning: жир, масло, тесто
Proto-Yupik: *pu(ɣ)nǝʁ-, *pu(ɣ)nǝ-
Proto-Inupik: *puinǝʁ, *purnǝʁ
Comments: The original meaning was 'dough, mixed thick substance'; secondary developments in phonetics and semantics are due to contamination with *puɣǝ- 'to surface'. In Yupik "puHnǝʁ would be expected.
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 266
esqet-meaning,esqet-rmean,esqet-yup,esqet-inup,esqet-newcom,esqet-refer,

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