Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/taku-

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

Verb

*taku-

1. to see, to check on

Derived terms

• *takviɣ-
• *takku(ʀ)
• *takumcuɣ-
• *takuyaʀ-

Descendants

• Proto-Yupik: *taku-
  • Alutiiq: taku
  • Yup'ik: taku
  • Naukanski: taku
  • Central Siberian Yupik: taku
  • Sirenik: takə
• Proto-Inuit: *taku-
  • Inupiaq:
    • Northwest Alaskan Inupiatun: tagu
    • North Alaskan Inupiatun: taku
  • Inuktitut: ᑕᑯ (tako)
    • Inuvialuktun:
      • Inuinnaqtun: takujaa
    • Eastern Canadian Inuktitut: ᑕᑯ
  • Greenlandic: takuaa

Further reading

• 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, page 355