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Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/taʁu

This Proto-Eskimo entry contains reconstructed words 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

Noun

*taʁu

  1. human being (shamanistic, sacral)

Descendants
  • Yupik: *taʁu
    • Yup'ik: taru
    • Alutiiq: taru
    • Central Siberian Yupik: taghu
    • Sirenik: tarex
  • Inuit: *tạụ
    • Inupiaq: tau
    • Inuvialuktun: tau
    • Inuktitut: tau
    • Greenlandic: taa
    • Inuktun: tau
    • Tunumiisut: taa

References
  • Fortescue, Michael; Jacobson, Steven; Kaplan, Lawrence (2010). Comparative Eskimo Dictionary with Aleut Cognates. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
  • Starostin, George (ed.) 2011-2019. The Global Lexicostatistical Database. Moscow: Higher School of Economics, & Santa Fe: Santa Fe Institute. Available online at http://starling.rinet.ru/new100/
  • https://oqaasileriffik.gl/dict/?lex=168161
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