ӄаӈӣ́ӷыӽ

Sirenik

Etymology

From Proto-Yupik *qaŋiГa-, from Proto-Eskimo *qaŋi[ʁ]a-.

Noun

ӄаӈӣ́ӷыӽ (qaŋī́ǧyx̌)

1. niece or nephew of a man

References

• G. A. Menovschikov (1964) Язык сиреникских эскимосов [The language of Sirenik Eskimos]‎^[1], Академия Наук СССР, page 187
• Yupik etymological database