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Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/uɣi

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

Cognate with Aleut ugix̂ (“husband”).

Noun

*uɣi

husband

Derived terms

*uɣilɣaʀ-
*uɣinəɣ-
*uɣiyuɣ
*uɣiŋ(ŋ)uðaʀ

Descendants

Proto-Yupik: *uɣi
- Alutiiq: wi, wik
- Yup'ik: vii
- Naukanski: ui
- Central Siberian Yupik: ugi
- Sirenik: uga
Proto-Inuit: *ui
- Inupiaq: ui
  - Qawiaraq & Unalakleet: wii
- Inuvialuktun: ui
- Inuktitut: ᐅᐃ (oi), ui
- Greenlandic: ui

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, page 393

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