Hungarian and Eskimo-Aleut

ALFRÉD TÓTH : HUNGARIAN AND ESKIMO-ALEUT — with Paleo-Siberian Cognates
Hungarian tompor “hip, waist; a hump located between the hip and hind
quarters”
Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuppз “rear”
Proto-Uralo-Siberian *tup(∂γ)- “cover”
Eskimo-Aleut tup∂R “tent, temporary dwelling” [?]
Chukotko-Kamch. top- “to cover” [?]
Sumerian dub (55x: ED IIIb, Old Babylonian) wr. dub3; ze2-eb “knee”
Hungarian top “ham from a pig’s back”
Proto-Finno-Ugric *tuppз “loin”
Proto-Inuit *∂γunaq “meat or whale skin left to rot”
Sumerian dub (55x: ED IIIb, Old Babylonian) wr. dub3; ze2-eb “knee”. “knee”
instead of “back” because both body parts share the curving, cf.
tompor.
Hungarian tor “feast (especially after a funeral and a pig-slaughtering
[disznóölés])”
Chagatai tor “dinner with guests, hospitality”
Proto-Yupik *kasiyuq “(bladder) feast”
Sumerian tar (237x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian)
wr. tar; tarar “to cut down; to untie, loosen; to cut; to scatter, disperse;
to decide”.
Hungarian tor “thorax”
Proto-Eskimo *qilaγ- “to knit, to weave”
Eskimo-Aleut qił∂R- “to tie”, qilağ- “to knit”
Aleut qisat- “to tie”, qilRi-X “umbilical cord”
Sumerian dur (28x: ED IIIa, Old Babylonian) wr. dur; gidur “binding, knot,
bond, tie; umbilical cord; rope”. Same etymology as szőni.
Hungarian torok, tork- “gullet, throat, windpipe; mouth, muzzle”
Proto-Ugric *turз “neck, throat”
Eskimo-Aleut tuqluR- “throat; to call out”
Aleut cuqa- “throat”
Sumerian dur (28x: ED IIIa, Old Babylonian) wr. dur; gidur “binding, knot,
bond, tie; umbilical cord; rope”
Hungarian torma “horseradish”
Karachai, etc. turma “turnip”
Proto-Eskimo *quliR “upper part” [?]
Sumerian turmahba (82x: ED IIIb) wr. tur-mah-ba “a kind of ration” [?]
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