Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/caqə-

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

Compare Proto-Eskimo *caqu- (“to veer to the side”).

Verb

*caqə-

1. to turn
2. to move

Derived terms

• *caqələkitaʀ (“butterfly”)
• *caqəlŋataq (“butterfly”)
• *caqviɣ (“whale tail (fin)”)

Descendants

• Proto-Yupik: *caqi-
  • Alutiiq: caʀi (“to tilt, swerve, weave”)
  • Yup'ik: caqir
  • Naukanski: saqiɣ (“to push aside”)
• Proto-Inuit: *caqi-
  • Northwest Alaskan Inupiatun: saġit (“to put aside”)
    • Qawiaraq: saġik
  • North Alaskan Inupiatun: saqit (“to push, to move out of the way”)
  • Inuvialuktun:
    • Siglit: saqi
  • Inuktitut: ᓴᕿ (saqi), saqi
  • Inuktun: haqi
  • Greenlandic: saqi
  • Tunumiisut: tsari

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, page 76