Proto-Yenisseian: *pVr (*ʔas-pVr)
Meaning: cloud
Ket: aśpuĺ5,6, pl. aśpuĺǝŋ5
Yug: asfɨl5,6, pl. asfi:ĺ3
Kottish: ašpar, *ašpoŕ, pl. *ašparaŋ, *ašpóraŋ "cloud"; tī-par "fog" (see *tVx-)
Arin: ejš paraŋ (Стр.) "sky"; esperaŋ (М.) "cloud"
Comments: ССЕ 255. The component *ʔas- is evidently the old Ablaut variant of *ʔes 'sky' q.v. Werner 1, 71 <*phǝʎ, *es-phǝʎ>.