Eskimo etymology : Query result

Proto-Eskimo: *mǝci-ɣ-

Meaning: to see clearly

Russian meaning: различать, хорошо видеть

Proto-Yupik: *mǝci-ɣ-

Proto-Inupik: *mIci- (-ɣi-, -k-ruɣ-)

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 196

Proto-Eskimo: *mǝcu

Meaning: juice, sap, coloured liquid

Russian meaning: сок, жидкость, имеющая цвет

Proto-Yupik: *mǝcu-

Proto-Inupik: *micu

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 196

Proto-Eskimo: *mǝcuŋ-

Meaning: wet, soaked, to dip in water

Russian meaning: намокший, влажный, окунать

Proto-Yupik: *mǝcuŋ-

Proto-Inupik: *micuɣ-

Proto-Eskimo: *mǝʁnu-ʁ-

Meaning: tired, fatigue

Russian meaning: уставший

Proto-Yupik: *mǝʁ(ǝ)nu-ʁ-

Proto-Inupik: *mǝʁnu-ʁ- (~ -nʁ-)

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 198

Proto-Eskimo: *mǝkǝɣ-raʁ-

Meaning: to eat biting food with front teeth or beak

Russian meaning: кусать передними зубами или клювом

Proto-Yupik: *mǝkǝɣ-raʁ-

Proto-Inupik: *mIkǝɣ- (-aʁ-)

Comments: Cf. PCh *maki= 'upper lip, beak'.

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 197

Proto-Eskimo: *mǝɫǝ-

Meaning: to plug

Russian meaning: затыкать

Proto-Yupik: *mǝɫ-aʁ-

Proto-Inupik: *mǝl-ǝɣ-

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 197

Proto-Eskimo: *mǝɫǝɣ

Meaning: curved carving knife

Russian meaning: кривой разделочный нож

Proto-Yupik: *mǝɫɣ-aʁ

Proto-Inupik: *mǝ'lǝɣ

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 199

Proto-Eskimo: *mǝlŋu

Meaning: beetle, water beetle

Russian meaning: жук, жук-плавунец

Proto-Yupik: *mǝlŋu

Proto-Inupik: *mǝnŋu-

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 197

Proto-Eskimo: *mǝl-qu-

Meaning: fur, pile, feather

Russian meaning: шерсть, пух, перо

Proto-Yupik: *mǝlqu-

Proto-Inupik: *mǝtqu-

Comments: The stem is affixed with a popular marker of body parts -qu.

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 197

Proto-Eskimo: *mǝluɣja- (~ -ŋj-)

Meaning: stinging insect, jellyfish

Russian meaning: кусающее насекомое, медуза

Proto-Yupik: *mǝluɣja- (~ -ŋj-)

Proto-Inupik: *mǝluɣia-

Comments: This stem is probably connected with *mǝlŋu 'beetle'; the secondary connotation 'sucker' is due to homonymity with *mulǝ, *mǝluɣ- 'nipple, to suck'. The Nunivak meaning 'elefant' can be explained only on the basis of the North Asian word game 'mammoth' ~ 'beetle' (whose origins can be traced back to PCh kamaka ~ kạmạkạ, for more details see PE *kamakra- 'mammoth').

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 198

Proto-Eskimo: *mǝŋ(ǝ)tǝ-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: to leave out

Russian meaning: покидать

Proto-Yupik: *mǝŋtǝ-

Proto-Inupik: *mǝn(ǝ)t-

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 198

Proto-Eskimo: *mǝqǝ-

Meaning: bald, to shed hair

Russian meaning: лысый, линять

Proto-Yupik: *mǝqǝ-

Proto-Inupik: *mǝqqaʁ-

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 198

Proto-Eskimo: *mǝtǝ-

Meaning: to torture, to tease

Russian meaning: мучить, дразнить

Proto-Yupik: *mǝtǝqǝ-

Proto-Inupik: *mǝta-ɣ-

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 199

Proto-Eskimo: *mǝtǝʁ-

Meaning: eider (raven, eagle)

Russian meaning: гага (ворон, орел)

Proto-Yupik: *mǝtǝʁ-

Proto-Inupik: *mǝtǝʁ

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 199

Proto-Eskimo: *mǝtǝŋ- (-ɫa-)

Meaning: to snap, to flick, to give a fillip

Russian meaning: щелкать (пальцами)

Proto-Yupik: *mǝtǝŋ- (~ *p-, -ɫa-)

Proto-Inupik: *mǝtǝɣ-lǝ-

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 199

Proto-Eskimo: *mǝtǝŋ- (-ra-)

Meaning: elastic, springy

Russian meaning: упругий

Proto-Yupik: *mǝtǝŋ- (~ *p-, -ra-)

Proto-Inupik: *mǝtǝɣ- (-ɫǝ-, -ra-)

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 199

Proto-Eskimo: *mǝtŋǝ- ~ *pǝtŋǝ-

Meaning: to jump, to leap up, to spring up

Russian meaning: подпрыгнуть, отскочить, пружинить

Proto-Yupik: *pǝtГǝ- (~ -tŋ-)

Proto-Inupik: *mǝ[tŋ]ǝ-ʁ- ?

Proto-Eskimo: *miciʁ-aʁ-

Meaning: to deny having done sth.

Russian meaning: отрицать сделанное

Proto-Yupik: *mǝciʁ-aʁ-

Proto-Inupik: *mIciaʁ-

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 196

Proto-Eskimo: *miʁjaʁ-

Meaning: to vomit

Russian meaning: тошнить

Proto-Yupik: *miʁjaʁ-

Proto-Inupik: *miʁiaʁ-

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 202

Proto-Eskimo: *mikǝ-

Meaning: small

Russian meaning: маленький

Proto-Yupik: *mikǝ-

Proto-Inupik: *mǝkǝ-

Comments: Cf. PCh *ǝmqǝ- 'small, younger' < PKCh *'ǝmqǝ̆-. The Inupik forms with *-q- for 'child' may be borrowed from PCh *ǝmqǝ+*qɫik 'small male' or 'son'.

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 200