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-

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

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