Proto-Basque: *erɫuɫi (?)
Meaning: 1 salamander 2 scorpion 3 slow, lazy man, 'homme peu vif'
Bizkaian: elubia
Low Navarrese: harruli 1
Salazarese: arruli 1
Lapurdian: harruli 1
Baztanese: arruli 1
Zuberoan: erlúri 1, 2, 3, erlustri 1
Roncalese: arreuli 1
Comments: Some forms may be blended with *har̄i 'stone' (salamanders and scorpions are 'stone crawlers'), or *erle 'bee'. There have been irregular ‘expressive’ phonetic transformations, common in words for creeping animals. The comparison with PNC *Ł_ăɦrV 'snake' is very tentative.
