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Reconstruction:Proto-Inuit/nukaqliq

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

From *nukaq +‎ *qliq (postbase).

Noun

*nukaqliq

youngest (of a family)

Descendants

Northwest Alaskan Inupiatun: nugaqłiq
North Alaskan Inupiatun: nukaqłiq
Inuvialuktun: nukaqłiq
Inuktitut: ᓄᑲᕐᓯᖅ (nokarsiq), nukarsiq
Greenlandic: nukarleq

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 260

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