Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/amiʀ

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

Etymology

Probably of Proto-Eskimo-Aleut origin. Compare Aleut amu- (“dress”) and amux̂ (“piece of clothing”).

Noun

*amiʀ

1. skin, hide
2. cover

Derived terms

• *amiʀaʀ

Descendants

• Proto-Yupik: *amiʀ
  • Alutiiq: amiq
  • Yup'ik: amiq
  • Naukanski: amiq
  • Central Siberian Yupik: amiq (“skin, hide”), amiʁ (“cover (of a skin boat)”)
  • Sirenik: ами́раӷи́ӷаӽ (amíraǧíǧax̌), ами́раӄу́винӷа́ӽ (amíraqúvinǧáx̌), ами́раӽ (amírax̌)
• Proto-Inuit: *amiq
  • Inupiaq:
    • North Alaskan Inupiatun: amiq
    • Northwest Alaskan Inupiatun: amiku (“left-over skin after cutting”)
  • Inuktitut: ᐊᒥᖅ (amiq), amiq
    • Inuvialuktun: amiq
      • Inuinnaqtun: amiq
    • Eastern Canadian Inuktitut: ᐊᒥᖅ, amiq
  • Greenlandic: ameq

References

• Fortescue, Michael, Jacobson, Steven, Kaplan, Lawrence (2010) Comparative Eskimo Dictionary with Aleut Cognates, 2nd edition, Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center: University of Alaska Fairbanks, →ISBN