Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/ana(a)na
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Proto-Eskimo[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly a reduplication of *a(a)na (“grandmother, mother”). Likely cognate to Aleut anax̂ ~ anax (“mother”).
Noun[edit]
*ana(a)na
- older female relative
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- 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/
- Lorentzen, S. Den grønlandske ordbog, at oqaasileriffik.gl