Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/nayaɣ

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

*nayaɣ

  1. younger sister (of a man)

Descendants

  • Proto-Yupik: *nayaɣ
    • Alutiiq: nayagak, nayaaq
    • Yup'ik: nassak
      • Hooper Bay-Chevak: nayyak (“unmarried girl, virgin”), nayagaq (“younger sister”)
    • Naukanski: наяк (nayak), наягак (nayaɣaq)
    • Central Siberian Yupik: наяк, nayak
  • Proto-Inuit: *nayaɣ

References

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