Reconstruction:Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan/eðɣə-

This Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan

Adjective

*eðɣə-

1. bright

Descendants

• Chukotkan
  • Chukchi: эргылъын (erɣəlʔən, “bright”)
  • Koryak: нэчгыӄэн (nečɣəqen, “bright”)
  • Alutor: этгыэтг (etɣəetɣ, “light”)
• Kamchatkan
  • Itelmen: атхлаӽ (athlaχ, “bright, white”), атхʼатх (athʔath, “bright”)

References

• Fortescue, Michael (2005) Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan dictionary (Trends in Linguistic Documentation; 23), Berlin – New York: de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 77.
• Volodin, Aleksandr P. (1989) Cловарь ительменско-русский и русско-ительменский, Leningrad: Prosveshenie, →ISBN, page 16.