ᴹQ. aiqa adj. “steep” (Category: Tall)

ᴹQ. aiqua, adj. “steep, ⚠️[ᴱQ.] tall; high, lofty, sublime; chief” (Category: Tall)

ᴱQ. oronta “steep”

Reference ✧ Ety/AYAK ✧ “steep”

Element In

• ᴺQ. aico “cliff”
• ᴺQ. aiqualë “steepness, a steep [thing]”
• ᴺQ. aiquassë “precipice”

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶aikwā “tall, steep”
  • < ᴹ√AYAK “sharp, pointed”
• < ᴹ√AYAK “sharp, pointed” ✧ Ety/AYAK
  • < AYAK, related? ✧ Ety/AYAK

ᴱQ. aiqa adj. “steep, tall; high, lofty, sublime; chief” (Category: Tall)

References ✧ MC/216; PE13/158; PE15/74; PE16/100, 104; QL/29

Glosses

• “high, lofty, sublime; chief” ✧ PE15/74
• “high, steep” ✧ PE13/158
• “steep” ✧ QL/29

Variations

• aiqa ✧ PE13/158; PE15/74; QL/29

Inflections

aikvalin	nominative plural		✧ PE16/104
aiqalin	nominative plural	“tall”	✧ MC/216; PE16/100

Element In

• ᴱQ. aiqaire “fir, pine (tree)” ✧ QL/29
• ᴱQ. aiqale “a steep, steepness” ✧ QL/29
• ᴱQ. aiqasse “precipice” ✧ QL/29
• ᴱQ. aiqie “highness, height” ✧ PE15/74
• ᴱQ. tyulmin talalínen aiqalin kautáron “the tall masts bent with the sails” ✧ MC/216; PE16/100; PE16/104

Cognates

• ᴱN. aig “high, steep” ✧ PE13/158

Derivations

• < ᴱ✶aikwa “high, steep” ✧ PE13/158 (aik-wa)
• < *ᴱ√AIK(W)-

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶aik-wa > aiqa

[aikʷā] > [aikʷa]

✧ PE13/158