Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/amiʀ

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

Probably of Proto-Eskimo-Aleut origin. Compare Aleut amu- (“dress”) and amux̂ (“piece of clothing”).

Noun

*amiʀ

skin, hide
cover

Derived terms

*amiʀaʀ

Descendants

Proto-Yupik: *amiʀ
- Alutiiq: amiq
- Yup'ik: amiq
- Naukanski: amiq
- Central Siberian Yupik: amiq (“skin, hide”), amiʁ (“cover (of a skin boat)”)
- Sirenik: aməχ, amiχ, amižaχ
Proto-Inuit: *amiq
- Inupiaq:
  - North Alaskan Inupiatun: amiq
  - Northwest Alaskan Inupiatun: amiku (“left-over skin after cutting”)
- Inuktitut: ᐊᒥᖅ (amiq), amiq
  - Inuvialuktun: amiq
    - Inuinnaqtun: amiq
  - Eastern Canadian Inuktitut: ᐊᒥᖅ, amiq
- Greenlandic: ameq

References

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

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