Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/aci

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This Proto-Eskimo entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Eskimo

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A user suggests that this Proto-Eskimo reconstruction entry be cleaned up, giving the reason: “CED has two entries under *aci, only one is related to the meaning listed below but it is a Proto-Yupik entry, not a Proto-Eskimo entry. The Inuit descendants are instead all listed under the PE entry *at(ə)-. The other *aci entry also isn't PE (instead it is Proto-Inuit) and also has a listed definition of "somewhere or something remote or vague" that clearly doesn't match this entry.”
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Noun

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*aci

  1. area below, downward

Descendants

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  • Proto-Yupik: *aci
    • Yup'ik: aci (bed, space underneath)
  • Proto-Inuit: *aci, *at-
    • Inupiaq: ati (area below), ataani (below, underneath)
    • Inuinnaqtun: anmun (downward, lower area), anmut
    • Greenlandic: ati (lower part), ataani (under it), ataaniippoq (be below, under)

References

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  • Fortescue, Michael; Jacobson, Steven; Kaplan, Lawrence (2010). Comparative Eskimo Dictionary with Aleut Cognates. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
  • Starostin, George (ed.) 2011-2019. The Global Lexicostatistical Database. Moscow: Higher School of Economics, & Santa Fe: Santa Fe Institute. Available online at http://starling.rinet.ru/new100/