Reconstruction:Proto-Inuit/nukaq

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

Inherited from Proto-Eskimo *nukaʀ.

Noun

*nukaq

  1. younger same-sex sibling

Derived terms

  • *nukaqliq
  • *nukatuɣaq
  • *nukaunʀuq
  • *nukavluq
  • *nukaʀaq
  • *nukaʀiit

Descendants

  • 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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