Reconstruction:Proto-Inuit/nukaqliq

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *nukaq +‎ *qliq (postbase).

Noun[edit]

*nukaqliq

  1. youngest (of a family)

Descendants[edit]

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

References[edit]