Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/uqðuʀ

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

Possibly cognate with Aleut aĝdax̂ (“blubber, seal oil”).

Noun

*uqðuʀ

1. blubber, seal oil

Derived terms

• *uqðilŋu-
• *uqðumyaɣ
• *uqðuʀaʀ
• *uqðuʀtəʀ

 

Related terms

• *uqðuʀ- (“to apply oil to”) (verbal form)

Descendants

• Proto-Yupik: *uqðuʀ
  • Alutiiq: uquq
  • Yup'ik: uquq
  • Naukanski: uquq
  • Central Siberian Yupik: uquq
  • Sirenik: ugcəχ
• Proto-Inuit: *uqšuq
  • Inupiaq: uqsruq
  • Inuvialuktun: uqsuq
    • Inuinnaqtun: uqhuq
  • Inuktitut: ᐅᖅᓱᖅ (oqsoq)
  • Greenlandic: orsoq
    • West Greenlandic Pidgin: oksok (“bacon”)

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, page 412