Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/qamcuɣ-

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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

From *qamə- (“to go out (of a fire)”) +‎ *mcuɣ- (“a little”, postbase).

Verb

*qamcuɣ-

to dim, to turn down (of a lightsource)

Descendants

Proto-Yupik:
- Yup'ik: qamyuar, ⇒ qamyuarar
- Naukanski: qamsuk
- Central Siberian Yupik: qamsuuk
Proto-Eskimo:
- North Alaskan Inupiatun: qavsuk
- Greenlandic: qassug, ⇒ qassutsit

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 307

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