Reconstruction:Proto-Inuit/nukaq

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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

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Eskimo *nukaʀ.

Noun

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*nukaq

  1. younger same-sex sibling

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • North Alaskan Inupiatun: nugaq
  • Northwest Alaskan Inupiatun: nukaq, nuka
  • Inuvialuktun: nukaq
  • Inuktitut: ᓄᑲᖅ (nokaq), nukaq
  • Inuktun: nukaq
  • Greenlandic: nukaq, nukag (to be a spoiled child)
  • Tunumiisut: nukaq

References

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