Reconstruction:Proto-Yupik/uʀniʀ-

This Proto-Yupik 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-Yupik

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Eskimo *uqliʀ- (“to take aim at”) (which would make this a doublet of *uqłiʀ-).

Verb

*uʀniʀ-

1. to take aim

Descendants

• Alutiiq: urnir (“to get into position to shoot or spear”)
• Yup'ik: urnir (“to take aim, to get ready to act”)

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 415