Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/ajvǝʁ

This Proto-Eskimo entry contains reconstructed words 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

*ajvǝʁ

walrus

Descendants

Yupik: *ajvǝʁ
- Yup'ik: asveq
- Alutiiq: asweq
Inuit: *aivǝʁ
- Inupiaq: aiviq
- Inuktitut: aiviq
- Inuinnaqtun: aiviq
- Greenlandic: aaveq

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/
Smelcer, J. E. (2011). Alutiiq Noun Dictionary and Pronunciation Guide.
Seiler, W. (2012). Iñupiatun Eskimo Dictionary, SIL International
Jacobsen, S. (1995). A Practical Grammar of the Central Alaskan Yup'ik Eskimo Language, Alaskan Language Native Center

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