Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/aləqa(ʀ)

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

Fortescue et al. suggest a possible link with *aləʀ (“other (of a pair)”).

Noun

*aləqa(ʀ)

  1. older sister (of a male)

Descendants

  • Proto-Yupik: *alǝqaʀ
    • Alutiiq: alqaq
      • Perryville: ałqaq
    • Yup'ik: ałqaq
      • Hooper Bay-Chevak: alqaq
      • Norton Sound Ulaniq: ałǝqaq
  • Proto-Inuit: *alǝqa(q)
    • Inupiaq:
      • North Alaskan Inupiatun: aliqa, aliqaq
    • Inuktitut:
      • Inuvialuktun:
        • Inuinnaqtun: aliqak, aliqaq
      • Eastern Canadian Inuktitut:
        • Iglulik: ᐊᓕᖄ (aliqaa)
        • North-Baffin-Iglulik: ᐊᓕᖃᓐᓇᖅ (aliqannaq)
      • Inuktun: aleqa
    • Greenlandic: aleqaq
    • Tunumiisut: alara

References

  • Fortescue, Michael; Jacobson, Steven; Kaplan, Lawrence (2010). Comparative Eskimo Dictionary with Aleut Cognates. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
  • Starostin, George (ed.) 2011-2019. The Global Lexicostatistical Database. Moscow: Higher School of Economics, & Santa Fe: Santa Fe Institute. Available online at http://starling.rinet.ru/new100/
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