Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/ila

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

Of Proto-Eskimo-Aleut origin. Compare Aleut ilax̂ (“part (of something)”).

Noun

*ila

1. part

Related terms

• *ila- (“to add”) (verbal form)

Descendants

• Proto-Yupik: *ila
  • Alutiiq: ila
  • Yup'ik: ila
  • Naukanski: ila
  • Central Siberian Yupik: ila
  • Sirenik: ila
• Proto-Inuit: *ila
  • Inupiaq:
    • Northwest Alaskan Inupiatun: ila
    • North Alaskan Inupiatun: iḷa
  • Inuvialuktun: ila
    • Inuinnaqtun: ilak
  • Inuktitut: ᐃᓚ (ila), ila
  • Inuktun: ila
  • Greenlandic: ila
  • Tunumiisut: ila

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