Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/kəɣə-

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

Compare Aleut kigil (“to bite”).

Verb

*kəɣə-

1. to bite

Derived terms

• *kəɣaq
• *kəɣi(C)aʀ
• *kəɣinaʀ
• *kəɣiʀ-
• *kəɣmaʀ
• *kəɣmi(C)-
• *kəɣtuʀyaʀ
• *kəɣun
• *kəɣðaɣ-
• *kəɣək-

 

Descendants

• Proto-Yupik: *kəɣə-
  • Alutiiq: kege
  • Yup'ik: kegge
  • Naukanski: kexe
  • Central Siberian Yupik: egge
• Proto-Inuit: *kəɣə-, *kii-
  • Inupiaq: kii
    • North Alaskan Inupiatun:
      • Malimiut: kigi
  • Inuvialuktun: kii
  • Inuktitut: ᑮ (kii), kii
  • Greenlandic: kii
  • Tunumiisut: kii