Basic vocabulary word-list For Eyak and Uralic

1. all

Uralic *we(n)ć- ≠ Eyak ɬi-ˀq 2. ash

Uralic *kuð'm- ≠ Eyak oiˀtλˀ 3. bark *qah-tɬ-

Uralic *kärnä- = Eyak qah-tɬ Cf. Yukaghir qār

4. belly *kun- / *čˀiyo-

Uralic *kun = Eyak kul- Uralic *ćojwa = Eyak čˀiyəq Uralic *omte ≠ (?) Eyak wutˀ = Athapaskan *wətˀ

5. big *a(n)-

Uralic *an = Eyak aˀ 6. bird *gon- ‘duck’

Uralic *limtu ≠ Eyak gənuh ‘bird, especially duck’ Uralic *końć ‘kind of wild duck’ = (?) Eyak gənuh ‘bird, especially duck’

7. to bite *qˀocˀ -

Uralic *kačk- = Eyak qˀəcˀ 8. black *cˀos-

Uralic *čočk- ‘blackberry’ = Eyak cˀəs ‘black’ 9. blood

Uralic *ver [< ‘red’] ≠ Eyak dəɬ 10. bone *cˀelih

Uralic *śelk- (or *ćelk-) ‘back(bone)’ = (?) Eyak cˀəlih ‘bone’ 11. breast

Uralic *poŋ- ‘breast’ = (?) Eyak ẋuhɬ ‘breastbone’ [with uvular replacement of labial (?)] 12. to burn *qˀü-

Uralic *kü-č- ‘to burn’ = (?) Eyak qˀa(h) ‘to burn’

13. claw *gündž- Uralic *künč- ‘fingernail’ = (?) Eyak ẋahž ‘claw’ = Athapaskan *gαŋye ‘fingernail, claw’

14. cloud

Uralic *kumor- ≠ (?) Eyak qˀahs 15. cold *tiHol-

Uralic *tälw- ‘winter’ = (?) Eyak tλˀe ‘cold’ 16. to come *ˀeˀ a

Uralic *ja-ka- ‘to go’, Ugric *ju-kt- ‘to come’ = (?) Eyak ˀeˀ a ‘to come’

17. to die *ˀya

Uralic *śur- = (?) Eyak sïh Uralic *ja-ma- ‘to die, be sick, disappear’ = Eyak l-ɬ-ˀya ‘to die of old age’ [√-ˀya] Cf. Yukaghir job-, am- ‘to die’

18. dog

Uralic Ugric *ämp- ≠ (?) Eyak ẋəwa 19. to drink *üd-

Uralic *ür- = (?) Eyak ˀə-də-la [√-la ] 20. dry *kyoẋ- / *qˀəšg-

Uralic *kośka- ‘dry’ = Eyak qˀəgš- ‘dry (skin)’ Uralic *kujwa- ‘dry’ = Eyak kïh- ‘dry (wood)’ = Athapaskan *kyoẋ ‘dry’ Cf. Yukaghir keel'- ‘dry’

21. ear

Uralic *pil- ≠ Eyak žəhẋ- 22. earth

Uralic *moda- ≠ Eyak ˀah- 23. to eat *a-

Uralic *amt- ‘to feed’ = (?) Eyak -a ‘to eat’ 24. egg

Uralic *mon- ‘egg, testicle’ ≠ Eyak ˀuhd ‘egg’ Uralic Mordvin *al- ‘egg’ = (?) Eyak ˀuhd ‘egg’

25. eye *laẋ-

Uralic *silm- ≠ Eyak laẋ- Uralic *laHt- ‘to see’ [Hungarian lát-] = Eyak laẋ- ‘eye’

26. fat *woˀ -

Uralic *woj- = Eyak waˀ cˀ- 27. feather *tˀohɬ-

Uralic *tohl-(k-) = Eyak tˀahɬ-