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

1. 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