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ALFRÉD TÓTH : HUNGARIAN AND ESKIMO-ALEUT — with Paleo-Siberian Cognates<br />

Sumerian dub (30x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. dab6;<br />

dub “to go around, encircle, turn; to search; to tarry”. Metathesis dub<br />

> *bud > pöd- like in Hung. pökni vs. köpni “to spit”? (EWU, p.<br />

1198: “probably onomatopoetic”.)<br />

<strong>Hungarian</strong> pökni, köpni “to spit”<br />

Proto-<strong>Eskimo</strong> *q∂ciR “to spit”<br />

Sumerian uhpu (1x: Old Babylonian) wr. uh2-pu2 “foam”. EWU, p. 819, s.v.<br />

“köp”: “onomatopoetic”; pök- is lacking.<br />

<strong>Hungarian</strong> rab “captive, prisoner”<br />

Proto-Inuit *arvak- “to catch a whale”<br />

Sumerian raba (37x: Old Babylonian) wr. ĝešrab3; ĝešraba; raba; rab-ba “clamp;<br />

neck stock; hoop”<br />

Akkadian rappu<br />

<strong>Hungarian</strong> ragyogni “to glitter, to shine”<br />

Proto-Yupik *akiR- “to shine”<br />

Sumerian ra, wr. ra3 “(to be) pure; (to be) clear”<br />

<strong>Hungarian</strong> ránc “fold, plait, pleat; wrinkle”<br />

Proto-<strong>Eskimo</strong> *q∂l∂γ-, *q∂luγ- “to get scorched or wrinkled”<br />

Sumerian rah (597x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Early Old<br />

Babylonian, Old Babylonian) wr. rah2; ra-ah “to beat, kill; to break,<br />

crush; to flood; to thresh (grain with a flail)”<br />

<strong>Hungarian</strong> ravasz “cunning, shrewd, sly”<br />

Proto-Finno-Ugric *repä(-ćз) “fox”<br />

Proto-Yupik *ulaγaq “arctic fox”<br />

Sumerian rib (62x: ED IIIb, Old Babylonian) wr. rib; ri-ba “(to be) surpassing,<br />

outst<strong>and</strong>ing; (to be) strong, massive”. The Hung. denominative noun<br />

suffix –sz < Sum. terminative particle –šè (cf. Edzard 2003, p. 42).<br />

<strong>Hungarian</strong> reg, reggel “morning”, rég “long ago”, régi “old”, rögtön<br />

“immediately”<br />

Proto-Finno-Ugric *reŋkз “hot, warm”<br />

Proto-Inuit *uvlaaq “morning”<br />

Sumerian ri (475x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Early Old Babylonian, Old<br />

Babylonian) wr. RI; ru "to lay down, cast, place; to throw down; to<br />

release, let go; to imbue; to pour out; to lead away". The Sum.<br />

etymology clearly shows that the original meaning of the Hung. word<br />

family is “old”, not “hot”: The morning releases the old day, imbues it<br />

(to which the night also belongs).<br />

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