Proto-Altaic: *p`aĺi
Meaning: relationship, friendship
Russian meaning: связь, дружба
Comments: A Turk.-Tung. isogloss. Original vowel length is not quite clear: in Turkic the reconstruction is based only on the absence of pharyngealization in Tuva-Tof., while in TM critical evidence is lacking from Evk. and Nan. {WMo elberi- 'to respect or honour parents or elders'.}.
