Reconstruction:Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan/ðəlɣə

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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

Likely related with the verbal root Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *ðəlŋə- (to count), whence Chukchi рылгы (rəlɣə) and Itelmen ԓнес (ɬnes). This root also appears as the first element of the compound Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan *ðəlɣəlelŋən (glove).

In Chukchi, the stem рылгы- (rəlɣə-) alternates with рычгы- (rəčɣə-) especially in compounds. The Itelmen form is perhaps reduplicated (Fortescue, 2005: 68).

Noun

*ðəlɣə

  1. (anatomy) finger

Descendants

References

  • Fortescue, Michael (2005) Comparative Chukotko-Kamchatkan dictionary (Trends in Linguistic Documentation; 23), Berlin – New York: de Gruyter, →ISBN.