Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/iŋuɣ

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

Noun

*iŋuɣ

1. human being

   Synonym: *taʀu

Derived terms

• *iŋuɣaʀ
• *iŋuɣinnaʀ
• *iŋuɣniʀ-
• *iŋuɣpiɣ(aʀ)
• *iŋuɣu-
• *iŋuɣyaɣ-
• *iŋŋimi(yuɣ)
• *iŋŋit-

 

Descendants

• Proto-Yupik: *yuɣ
  • Alutiiq: suk
  • Yup'ik: yuk, cuk, cug
  • Naukanski: юк (yuk)
  • Central Siberian Yupik: юк, yuk
  • Sirenik: юг (yuɣ), юх (yux)
• Proto-Inuit: *inuɣ
  • Inupiaq:
    • Northwest Alaskan Inupiatun: inuk
    • North Alaskan Inupiatun: iñuk
  • Inuvialuktun: inuk
  • Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᒃ (inuk), ᐃᓄᖅ (inuq)
  • Inuktun: inuk
  • Greenlandic: inuk
  • Tunumiisut: iik

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