Reconstruction:Proto-Inuit/inuɣ

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

From Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣ (“human being”).

Noun

*inuɣ

1. person

Derived terms

• *inuaq-
• *inuilaq
• *inukšuk
• *inuqun
• *inuusuk-
• *inuɣaqutlək

 

Descendants

• Inupiaq:
  • Northwest Alaskan Inupiatun: inuk
  • North Alaskan Inupiatun: iñuk
• Inuvialuktun: inuk
• Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᒃ (inuk), ᐃᓄᖅ (inuq)
• Inuktun: inuk
• Greenlandic: inuk
• Tunumiisut: iik

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