Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/taʀu

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

Possibly of Proto-Eskimo-Aleut origin. Compare Aleut tayaĝux̂ (“man”).

Noun

*taʀu

1. (shamanism) human being

   Synonym: *iŋuɣ

Descendants

• Proto-Yupik: *taʀu
  • Alutiiq: taru
  • Yup'ik: taru
  • Central Siberian Yupik: taru
  • Sirenik: taru
• Proto-Inuit: *taʀu
  • ⇒ North Alaskan Inupiatun: tarutu (“to be fat”)
  • Inuvialuktun:
    • Inuinnaqtun: tauq
    • Netsilik: tau
  • Inuktitut:
    • Iglulik: ᑕᐅ (tao), tau
  • Inuktun: tau
  • Greenlandic: taa
  • Tunumiisut: taaq

References

• Fortescue, Michael, Jacobson, Steven, Kaplan, Lawrence (2010) Comparative Eskimo Dictionary with Aleut Cognates, 2nd edition, Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center: University of Alaska Fairbanks, →ISBN, page 364