Reconstruction:Proto-Inuit/ailaq

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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

Nominalization of *ailaʀ-, from Proto-Eskimo *aʀiłaʀ-.

Noun edit

*ailaq

dampness
wet

Descendants edit

Northwest Alaskan Inupiatun:
- Qawiaraq: ailaq (“moisture”)
North Alaskan Inupiatun: aiḷḷaq
Inuvialuktun: ailaq
- Siglit: ailaq
Inuktitut: ailaq, ᐁᓚᖅ (elaq)
Greenlandic: aalaq

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