Valian/Etymologies

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*aʔtsa: Va. aas "girl"; Elas. -áz "nouns denoting female referents"

*aʔra: Va. aars "large", Elas. -ár "animate augmentative suffix"

*eʔil: Va. välya "noble"; El. Élász "wild, fierce".

*mir: Va. torm(<*tormi) "father", ; Elas. ner "head"

*mer: Elas. meret "language"; Va. merilinna (archaic) "poet"

Either *pæśi or *paĭhśi: Elas. pasz "stone"; Va. päht "stone"

*śalima: Va. salma "belief" ; El. szólim "trust"

*śilima: Va. silma "star"; El. szilin "star"

*tieje: Va. tee, older teeye "I"; El. "I (dat.)"

*talilet: Va. talle, from earlier tallet "speech"; El. tollet "a proverb"

*tur: El. turáz "maiden", possible compound of *tur + *aʔtsa, Va. torm "father"

*vaha: Va. välya "noble", Va. tavaha "holy"

*-en/-in: Va. -in "denotes plural"; Elas. -en "denotes plural"

*-lja: Va. -lya "indicates negative polarity of verb"; El. -lya "indicates negative polarity of verb"