Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/iŋuɣ

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

Noun

*iŋuɣ

human being
Synonym: *taʀu

Derived terms

*iŋuɣaʀ
*iŋuɣinnaʀ
*iŋuɣniʀ-
*iŋuɣpiɣ(aʀ)
*iŋuɣu-
*iŋuɣyaɣ-
*iŋŋimi(yuɣ)
*iŋŋit-

Descendants

Proto-Yupik: *yuɣ
- Alutiiq: suk
- Yup'ik: yuk, cuk, cug
- Naukanski: юк (yuk)
- Central Siberian Yupik: юк, yuk
- Sirenik: юг (yuɣ), юх (yux)
Proto-Inuit: *inuɣ
- 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