Reconstruction:Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan/wala

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

Fortescue (1998: 137) compares this root with Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *ulu(ʀ) (“semi-lunar knife”).

Noun

*wala

1. knife

Descendants

• Chukotkan
  • Chukchi: валы (walə)
  • Koryak: вала (wala)
  • Kerek: вала (wala)
  • Alutor: в'ала (wala)
• Kamchatkan
  • Itelmen: фаԓч (ɸaɬč)

References

• Fortescue, Michael (2005) Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan dictionary (Trends in Linguistic Documentation; 23), Berlin – New York: de Gruyter, →ISBN.
• Fortescue, Michael (1998) Language Relations across Bering Strait: Reappraising the Archeological and Linguistic Evidence, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN