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Eskimo etymology :

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Proto-Eskimo: *nuka-
Meaning: younger sibling
Russian meaning: младший брат (сестра)
Proto-Yupik: *nuka- (-lpiɣa-, -ʁa-)
Proto-Inupik: *nuka- (-tpi(ʁ)a-, -ʁa-)
Comments: Cf. *nu-ta- 'new'.
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 237, 238
esqet-meaning,esqet-rmean,esqet-yup,esqet-inup,esqet-newcom,esqet-refer,

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Yupik etymology :

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Proto-Yupik: *nuka- (-lpiɣa-, -ʁa-)
Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology
Meaning: young man, boy 1, man (in his prime) 2, sister 3, second wife 4
Russian Meaning: юноша, мальчик 1, мужчина (в расцвете лет) 2, сестра 3, вторая жена 4
Sirenik: nukǝ́ɫpǝʁcǝ́χ, //nukǝɫpǝɣaχ 1, núka 3, //nukǝʁǝχ [Men.], núskiχ 'elder brother, sister'
Chaplino: nukáɫpiɣaq 1, nukáʁaq (t) 2
Naukan: nukáɫpēq 1, //nuka 3? [Av.], //nukaʁaq 4 [Taghyuq]
Chugach (AAY): nukaɫpiaq 2, nuka[ʁ]aq 4, 'foster daughter' [B.-S.]
Koniag (AAY): nupaɫkiaq 2
Chugach (Birket-Smith): nu̮paɫkiạq 'man (male)'
Central Alaskan Yupik: nukaɫpiaq 2, nukaʁaq 4
Chevak (Peripheral): nǝkǝvjuk 1
Norton Sound (Peripheral): nuka(ʁaq) 'younger sibling'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 225, 237
yupet-prnum,yupet-mean,yupet-rmean,yupet-sir,yupet-chap,yupet-nauk,yupet-chug,yupet-koni,yupet-chgm,yupet-cay,yupet-chev,yupet-nrts,yupet-ced,

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Inupik etymology :

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Proto-Inupik: *nụkạ- (-tpi(ʁ)a-, -ʁa-)
Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology
Meaning: younger sibling of same sex 1, boy, young unmarried man 2
Russian meaning: младший брат, сестра (для брата и сестры соответственно) 1, мальчик, юноша 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: nuɣaq (nuɣaqɫiq superl.) 1, nuɣatpiaq 2
SPI Dialects: Imaq nuɣátpeq* 2, W nuɣ(w)aq* (āk, ēt) 1
North Alaskan Inupik: nuka(q) (nukaqɫiq (ʁ) superl.) 1, nukatpiaq 2
NAI Dialects: B nukaq*, Ingl nukak* 1, Nu nukaʁaq 'second wife'
Western Canadian Inupik: nukaq (nukaqɫiq superl.) 1, nukatpiʁaq 2
WCI Dialects: Cor, M nukaq* 1
Eastern Canadian Inupik: nukaq (nukaʁsiq superl.) 1, nukappiaq 2
Greenlandic Inupik: nuka(q), nukaq*, (nukaʁɫiq (ʁ) superl.) 1, nukappiaq 'young unmarried man', nukappiʁaq 'boy'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 237
inupet-prnum,inupet-meaning,inupet-rmean,inupet-spi,inupet-spis,inupet-nai,inupet-nais,inupet-wci,inupet-wcis,inupet-eci,inupet-gri,inupet-ced,

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