Reconstruction:Proto-Inuit/inuɣ
Proto-Inuit edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣ (“human being”).
Noun edit
*inuɣ
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Inupiaq:
- Inuvialuktun: inuk
- Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᒃ (inuk), ᐃᓄᖅ (inuq)
- Inuktun: inuk
- Greenlandic: inuk
- Tunumiisut: iik
References edit
- 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