Eskimo etymology : Query result

Proto-Eskimo: *quŋǝv-, *quŋǝj-tǝ-

Meaning: corpse, grave, to bury

Russian meaning: труп, могила, хоронить

Proto-Yupik: *quŋu(H)-, *quŋǝJ-tǝ-

Proto-Inupik: *quŋu-, *quŋi-

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 317

Proto-Eskimo: *quŋ-jaʁ- (-juɣ-)

Meaning: to observe at a distance, to be jealous

Russian meaning: рассматривать издали, ревновать

Proto-Yupik: *quŋ-jaʁ- (-juɣ-)

Proto-Inupik: *quŋiaʁ-

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 317

Proto-Eskimo: *quŋluɣ-

Meaning: to be startled

Russian meaning: пугаться

Proto-Yupik: *quŋluɣ-

Proto-Inupik: *quɣluɣ-

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 313

Proto-Eskimo: *quŋtu-qa- (~ *-mt-)

Meaning: thigh

Russian meaning: бедро

Proto-Yupik: *quŋtu-qa-

Proto-Inupik: *quktuʁa-, *quptuʁa-

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 313

Proto-Eskimo: *qupaɣ (-pr-?)

Meaning: ear-ring, beads

Russian meaning: серьги, бусы

Proto-Yupik: *qupHaɣ

Proto-Inupik: *qupaɣ

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 317

Proto-Eskimo: *qup(a)nVʁ

Meaning: herring, sheat-fish

Russian meaning: сельдь, сом

Proto-Yupik: *q[u]pnǝʁ

Proto-Inupik: *qupanaʁ

Proto-Eskimo: *qupa-Ru- (~ -nu-)

Meaning: a k. of small bird, sparrow

Russian meaning: небольшая птичка, воробей

Proto-Yupik: *qupǝru-, *qupanu-, *qupalu-

Proto-Inupik: *qupan(ʁ)u-, *qupalu-

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 317

Proto-Eskimo: *qupǝ-

Meaning: to crack, to split

Russian meaning: расколоть

Proto-Yupik: *qupǝ-

Proto-Inupik: *qupǝ-

Comments: Cf. *qup(ǝ)ra-.

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 318

Proto-Eskimo: *qupǝlʁu-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: maggot, grub, worm

Russian meaning: личинка, червь

Proto-Yupik: *qŭpǝlʁu-

Proto-Inupik: *qupǝlʁu-

Comments: Cf. PCh *qopalɣo- 'butterfly'.

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 318

Proto-Eskimo: *qup(ǝ)ra-

Meaning: to crack, to split in half or lengthwise

Russian meaning: расщеплять вдоль, ломать пополам

Proto-Yupik: *qupǝ(r)-, *qup-aʁ-

Proto-Inupik: *qupra-, *quppa-ʁ

Comments: A derivative from *qupǝ-.

Proto-Eskimo: *qupŋuʁ

Meaning: mirage, gleam of light

Russian meaning: мираж, проблеск

Proto-Yupik: *qupŋuʁ

Proto-Inupik: *qumŋuʁ ~ *qutŋuʁ

Proto-Eskimo: *quq-juɣ- ~ *quʁcuГ-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: yellow, green

Russian meaning: желтый, зеленый

Proto-Inupik: *quqcuГ-

Comments: Cf. *quʁ(r)ǝ-, *quʁri 'to urinate, urine stain' and *qăʁ-cu-ʁ- 'white, bleached'.

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 319

Proto-Eskimo: *quqluʁ-

Meaning: to drop, to cascade (water)

Russian meaning: капать, литься

Proto-Yupik: *(q)uqɫuʁ-

Proto-Inupik: *quʁluʁ-

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 320

Proto-Eskimo: *quqru-Г ~ *quqlu-Г- [*quqRa-tku-]

Meaning: giant polar bear (legendary)

Russian meaning: огромный белый медведь (фольк.)

Proto-Yupik: *quqjatku

Proto-Inupik: *quqqu(ʁ)-ja-ʁ, *quɣluГ-ja-ʁ

Comments: The Proto-Yupik form is a loanword from early Chukchee qʔocatku (< PCh *qoqLa-cku- dur.) 'to yowl, to howl' (also in folklore - 'howler', 'the name of the legendary polar bear calling people in a human voice and eating them during the snowstorm'). The Proto-Inupik form is a participle from the verb of same meaning (with an alternation *-ql- ~ *-qr-), also borrowed from PCh. Cf. *ququra-ʁ-.

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 318

Proto-Eskimo: *ququŋa-

Meaning: leaf

Russian meaning: лист

Proto-Yupik: *ququŋa-

Comments: Cf. also Seward Peninsula Inupik ququŋaq 'leaf'. This is an old borrowing from PCh *ǝkʁu-kʁu- ~ *kuw-kuw- 'node, knot on tree, wart, leaf' with the PCh singulative suffix *-ŋa like in Chukchee kʔukʔu-ŋɛ=.

Proto-Eskimo: *ququra-ʁ-, *quqru-ʁ-

Meaning: to call, to becon

Russian meaning: звать, подзывать

Proto-Yupik: *ququ(r)a-ʁ-, *quqru-ʁ-

Proto-Inupik: *ququaʁ-, *ququʁ-

Comments: Borrowed from PCh *qoqLa- 'to yowl, to call'. Cf. also *quqru-Г ~ *quqlu-Г-.

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 319

Proto-Eskimo: *qura-

Meaning: frozen meat or fish to be eaten raw, to be cold

Russian meaning: строганина, холодать

Proto-Yupik: *qu(r)a-

Proto-Inupik: *qu(r)a-, *qurri-

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 311

Proto-Eskimo: *qura-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: pinworms, eel

Russian meaning: глисты, угорь

Proto-Yupik: *qu[r]a-ʁta-, *qu[r]a-Гut-na-

Proto-Inupik: *quaqta, *qurrau'na- (~ -'r-)

Comments: The stem with meaning 'eel' is easily linked to 'worm' on semantic grounds, but certainly cannot be compared with the stem 'to split with wedge' as has been done in CED.

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 312

Proto-Eskimo: *quraɣruɣ

Meaning: ridge, edge

Russian meaning: грань, край

Proto-Yupik: *qu[r]aɣuɣ (-lǝɣ)

Proto-Inupik: *quaɣruɣ (-lǝɣ)

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 310

Proto-Eskimo: *qurǝ-ʁ

Meaning: cough, tuberculosis

Russian meaning: кашель, туберкулез

Proto-Yupik: *qurǝ-ʁ

Proto-Inupik: *quji-ʁ-

Comments: Derivatives meaning 'throat contracts in pain', 'tuberculosis' are placed in the entry 'to close in' in CED.

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 321