Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/qayaʀ

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *qanʸaʀ

Etymology

Likely cognate to Aleut iqyax̂, iqax̂ (“long, traditional kayak-like boat”).

Noun

*qayaʀ

1. kayak

Derived terms

• *qayaʀtuʀ- (“to paddle in a kayak”)

Descendants

• Proto-Yupik: *qayaʀ
  • Alutiiq: qayaq
  • Yup'ik: qayaq
  • Naukanski: ӄаяӄ (qayaq)
  • Central Siberian Yupik: ӄаяӄ, qayaq
  • Sirenik: ӄаяӽ (qayaχ)
• Proto-Inuit: *qayaq
  • Inupiaq: qayaq
  • Inuvialuktun: qayaq
  • Inuktitut: ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq), qayaq
    • → English: kayak
      • → Scottish Gaelic: caidheag
      • → Japanese: カヤック (kayakku)
      • → Romanian: caiac
  • Inuktun: qajaq
  • Greenlandic: qajaq
    • West Greenlandic Pidgin: kyak ("ship")
    • → Danish: kajak
      • → French: kayak
      • → Faroese: kajakk
  • Tunumiisut: qajaq

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