Eskimo etymology : Query result

Proto-Eskimo: *ńiɣ(r)uɣ-a-ʁ-

Meaning: to rub skin, to trifle (moss)

Russian meaning: тереть шкуру, теребить мох

Proto-Yupik: *iɣ(r)uHa-

Proto-Inupik: *niuɣ-aʁ-

Comments: Cf. also a Sirenik loan: ŋǝvrǝ́χsāsit 'shoe brush'.

Proto-Eskimo: *ńiɣru-ʁ-

Meaning: to drill

Russian meaning: сверлить

Proto-Yupik: *iɣru-ʁ- (-pV-)

Proto-Inupik: *ni(ɣ)u-ʁ-

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 234

Proto-Eskimo: *ńiɣu-

Meaning: to take ot, to get out

Russian meaning: вынимать, вытаскивать

Proto-Yupik: *iɣu-

Proto-Inupik: *niu-

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 234

Proto-Eskimo: *ńiʁu

Meaning: leg

Russian meaning: нога

Proto-Yupik: *iʁu

Proto-Inupik: *niu

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 235

Proto-Eskimo: *ńiʁ(u)-lu

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: upper part of backbone, carcass, rib of boat

Russian meaning: верхняя часть позвоночника, каркас, дуги каркаса судна

Proto-Yupik: *iʁu-lu-

Proto-Inupik: *nIʁlu-(ʁ-), *niulǝ-

Comments: This stem is confused with *ńiʁu 'leg' in CED. According to the same source, NSU iʁuluq 'sour dock' also belongs here, but the latter probably goes back to *ńiʁru-lu-, having been borrowed from PKCh *nǝrɣǝ- ~ *nǝɣrǝ- 'sorrel' (presumably from a PKam source where a variant with *-ɣr- is attested).

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 235

Proto-Eskimo: *ńila-ɣ

Meaning: freshwater ice

Russian meaning: пресный лед

Proto-Yupik: *ilaŋ-qu-

Proto-Inupik: *nila-ɣ

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 235

Proto-Eskimo: *niŋǝ-(t-)

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: to see, to hear, to listen

Russian meaning: видеть, слышать, слушать

Proto-Yupik: *niŋǝ-t- (-ruɣ-)

Proto-Eskimo: *ńiruʁ-

Meaning: to inhale, to sip, to sniff

Russian meaning: втягивать воздух, всасывать, обнюхивать

Proto-Yupik: *irúʁ- (-tǝ-, -miɣ-, -qa-), *íru-ʁá-ɫǝʁ

Proto-Inupik: *niuʁ- (-miɣ-), *niuqqa-

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 234

Proto-Eskimo: *ńivɣ[u]-

Meaning: fish slime

Russian meaning: слизь (рыбья)

Proto-Yupik: *juvɣǝ-

Proto-Inupik: *nǝvɣu-, *juvɣu-

Comments: The Inupik forms with *j- may be loanwords from Yupik variants. Cf. also the similar root *ńuva-ɣ 'saliva'.

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 233

Proto-Eskimo: *ńiГuvǝʁ-

Meaning: to trade, to buy

Russian meaning: торговать, покупать

Proto-Yupik: *iГuvǝʁ-

Proto-Inupik: *niuviʁ-

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 235

Proto-Eskimo: *ńucɣa-, *ńucǝɣ-

Meaning: to jump up, to crack on fire, to leap (spark), to shoot

Russian meaning: прыгать, трещать на огне, лететь об искрах, стрелять

Proto-Yupik: *ńutǝɣ-, *ńucɣa-

Proto-Inupik: *nutǝɣ-, *nutɣa-

Comments: In daughter subgroups the non-trivial *-c- at the end of root is replaced by the usual preconsonantal allophone *-t-.

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 243

Proto-Eskimo: *nucuɣ-

Meaning: to pull, to tug

Russian meaning: тащить, дергать

Proto-Yupik: *nucuɣ-, *nucǝ-

Proto-Inupik: *nuc(c)uɣ-

Comments: Some Inupik languages display an intensive gemination.

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 236

Proto-Eskimo: *Nuɣǝ-

Meaning: to rise up, to appear

Russian meaning: подниматься, появляться

Proto-Yupik: *Nuɣǝ-

Proto-Inupik: *nu(ɣ)i-

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 236

Proto-Eskimo: *Nuɣi

Meaning: dart, spear, trident

Russian meaning: дротик, копье, трезубец

Proto-Yupik: *Nuɣi

Proto-Inupik: *nu[ɣ]i

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 237

Proto-Eskimo: *ń[u]ɣilV, *l-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: collar

Russian meaning: воротник

Proto-Yupik: *ńǝɣili, *l-

Proto-Inupik: *nuil(a)-

Comments: In Inupik the root also has the meaning 'collar in dog harness'.

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 224

Proto-Eskimo: *nuʁra-

Meaning: fawn, calf of caribou

Russian meaning: олененок, теленок

Proto-Yupik: *nuʁHa-

Proto-Inupik: *nuʁʁaʁ

Comments: This stem is hardly related to *nur[ǝ]- (-ʁa-) '(human) son, child' despite CED.

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 242

Proto-Eskimo: *ńuja-, *nuja-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: hair

Russian meaning: волос

Proto-Yupik: *ńuja-, *nuja-

Proto-Inupik: *nuja-, (*nujja-t)

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 244

Proto-Eskimo: *Nuju-ɣ-

Meaning: wild, wary, shy

Russian meaning: дикий, осторожный, пугливый

Proto-Yupik: *Nuju-Г-

Proto-Inupik: *nujuɣ- (-aʁ-)

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 244

Proto-Eskimo: *nuka-

Meaning: younger sibling

Russian meaning: младший брат (сестра)

Proto-Yupik: *nuka- (-lpiɣa-, -ʁa-)

Proto-Inupik: *nuka- (-tpi(ʁ)a-, -ʁa-)

Comments: Cf. *nu-ta- 'new'.

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 237, 238

Proto-Eskimo: *Nuka(v)-

Meaning: water mammal

Russian meaning: водное млекопитающее

Proto-Yupik: *Nuk(a-)

Proto-Inupik: *nukav-lu-