The Proto-Turkic word *(i)aĺ(a-)
Word *(i)aĺ(a-)
Meaning meal, food, to eat, to feed, porridge
Synonyms *jē-

Comments
S. A. Starostin, A. V. Dybo, O. A. Mudrak - An Etymological Dictionary of Altaic Languages, 2003, Brill

Other words that might be of interest
*emig, emček ‘breast, nipple, to suck’, *ič- ‘to drink’, *jumurtka ‘egg’, *kagur- ‘to roast, fry’, *et ‘meat’, *sag- ‘to milk’, *sǖt ‘milk’, *sōr- ‘to suck’