Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/aʀiłaʀ-

This Proto-Eskimo 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-Eskimo

Etymology

From *aʀi(t)- (“to become wet”) possibly with the postbase *la(ʀ)- (“repeatedly”).

Verb

*aʀiłaʀ-

1. to be damp

Descendants

• Proto-Yupik: *aʀiłaʀ-
  • Alutiiq: aʀillaq (“steam”)
  • Yup'ik:
    • Nunivak: arilla (“moisture”), arilla-
  • ⇒ Naukanski: [script needed] (aʀiłanaq, “slush, mire”)
• Proto-Inuit: *ailaʀ-
  • ⇒ Proto-Inuit: *ailaq (“dampness”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Northwest Alaskan Inupiatun: ailaq-
  • North Alaskan Inupiatun: aiḷaq-
  • Inuvialuktun:
    • Siglit: ailaq-
  • Inuktitut: ailaq, ᐁᓚᖅ (elaq)
  • Greenlandic: aalaraa