Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/accaɣ

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

Possibly related to *acuʀaʀ (“aunt by marriage”), if that term is not from *acu- (“to have sex with a woman that is not one's wife”).

Noun

*accaɣ

  1. paternal aunt

Descendants

  • Proto-Yupik: *acaɣ
    • Alutiiq: aca, acak, acaaq
    • Yup'ik: acak
    • Naukanski: asik
    • Central Siberian Yupik: asak
    • Sirenik: asəx
  • Proto-Inuit: *atcaɣ
    • Inupiaq:
      • Northwest Alaskan Inupiatun: assak
      • North Alaskan Inupiatun: atchak
    • Inuktitut: ᐊᑦᓴ (atsa), ᐊᑦᓴᒃ (atsak)
      • Inuvialuktun: atsak
      • Eastern Canadian Inuktitut: ᐊᑦᓴ, ᐊᑦᓴᒃ
    • Greenlandic: atsa, atsak
    • Tunumiisut: atsaaq

Further reading

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