Reconstruction:Proto-Inuit/ailaq

This Proto-Inuit 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-Inuit

Etymology

Nominalization of *ailaʀ-, from Proto-Eskimo *aʀiłaʀ-.

Noun

*ailaq

1. dampness
2. wet

Descendants

• Northwest Alaskan Inupiatun:
  • Qawiaraq: ailaq (“moisture”)
• North Alaskan Inupiatun: aiḷḷaq
• Inuvialuktun: ailaq
  • Siglit: ailaq
• Inuktitut: ailaq, ᐁᓚᖅ (elaq)
• Greenlandic: aalaq