Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/qaluɣyaʀ

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

*qaluɣyaʀ

1. whale lance

Descendants

• Proto-Yupik: *qaluɣyaʀ
  • Alutiiq: qalugyaq (“lance”)
  • Yup'ik: qalugyaq
  • Naukanski: qaluʀyaq
  • Central Siberian Yupik: qaluɣyaq
  • Sirenik: qaluɣyəχ
• Proto-Inuit: *qaluɣiaq
  • Inupiaq: qalugiaq
  • Inuvialuktun: qalugiak
    • Inuinnaqtun: qalogiak (“copper snow knife”)
  • Inuktitut: ᖃᓗᒋᐊᖅ (qalociaq, “hunting spear”)
  • Greenlandic: qalugiaq
• →? Aleut: qalguyax̂ (“stone knife”)