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Etymological notes on Aleut (III). With methodological notes on (Eskimo-Aleut) historical linguistics
(Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitateko Argitalpen Zerbitzua, 2011)
[EN] The goal of this contribution is twofold: on the one hand, to review two relatively recent contributions in the field of Eskimo-Aleut historical linguistics in which it is proposed that Eskimo-Aleut languages are ...
Counting days in Hokkaidō Ainu. Some thoughts on internal reconstruction and etymolog
(Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatearen Argitalpen Zerbitzua, 2018)
A new etymological solution is proposed to explain two highly irregular formations in Ainu: *tutko ‘two days’ and *rerko ‘three days’, from *tu ‘2’ and *re ‘3’, respectively. These words contain two components which have ...