Reconstruction:Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan/pəlæk

This Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan 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-Chukotko-Kamchatkan

Etymology

Apparently found only in the Chukotkan branch. In Chukchi and Kerek it is augmented with the singulative suffix.

Bogoraz (1937) also reports Chukchi пычагтува- (pəčaɣ-tuwa-, “to take off boots”), in which the first part may be an incorporated element descending from this root. In fact, generally Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *l > Chukchi l, but it often alternates with č.

Noun

*pəlæk

1. boots (possibly made of reindeer skin)

Descendants

• Chukotkan
  • Chukchi: плакылгын (plakəlɣən), пычагтуваркын (pəčaɣtuwarkən, “to take off boots”)
  • Koryak: плаакыт (plaakət) (only plural)
  • Kerek: плакылӈын (plakəlŋən), аплакылъан (aplakəlʔan, “barefoot”)
  • Alutor: плаку (plaku)

References

• Fortescue, Michael (2005) Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan dictionary (Trends in Linguistic Documentation; 23), Berlin – New York: de Gruyter, →ISBN.
• Bogoraz, Vladimir G. with Stebnicki, Sergei N. (1937) луораветланско-русский (чукотско-русский) словарь [Luoravetlan-Russian (Chukchi-Russian) Dictionary] (Труды по лингвистике; Vol. 6), Moskow-Leningrad: государственное. учебно-педагогическое издательство, page 116.