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Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/aʀi(t)-

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

Fortescue (2010) compares it with *aʀu- (“to rot”) and *aʀipa- (“to be raw”).

Verb

*aʀi(t)-

to become wet

Derived terms

*aʀiłaʀ-
*aʀinaʀ-

Descendants

Proto-Yupik: *aʀi-
- Alutiiq: aʀi-
- Yup'ik: ari-
- Central Siberian Yupik: aghi-
- ⇒ Sirenik: [script needed] (aʀimžukaʀ-, “to become very wet”)
Proto-Inuit: *aʀit-
- North Alaskan Inupiatun: aġit-
- Inuvialuktun: arit-

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, pages 45-46 & 48

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