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Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/aci

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

Noun

*aci

  1. area below, downward

Descendants
  • Proto-Yupik: *aci
    • Yup'ik: aci (“bed, space underneath”)
  • Proto-Inuit: *aci, *at-
    • Inupiaq: ati (“area below”), ataani (“below, underneath”)
    • Inuinnaqtun: anmun (“downward, lower area”), anmut
    • Greenlandic: ati (“lower part”), ataani (“under it”), ataaniippoq (“be below, under”)

References
  • Fortescue, Michael; Jacobson, Steven; Kaplan, Lawrence (2010). Comparative Eskimo Dictionary with Aleut Cognates. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
  • Starostin, George (ed.) 2011-2019. The Global Lexicostatistical Database. Moscow: Higher School of Economics, & Santa Fe: Santa Fe Institute. Available online at http://starling.rinet.ru/new100/
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