-vak
Inuktitut
Alternative forms
- -pak (used after consonant)
Suffix
-vak (Syllabics -ᕙᒃ)
- non-specific 3rd person dual interrogative verb suffix
Yup'ik
Etymology
From Proto-Yupik *-vak, from Proto-Eskimo *-vak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-vak/
Suffix
-vak
- Used to form nouns denoting a great size of something.
Declension
Declension of -vak (stem: -vag-)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | -vak | -viik | -viit |
| relative | -viim | -viik | -viit |
| locative | -vagmi | -viigni | -vagni |
| allative | -vagmun | -viignun | -vagnun |
| ablative | -vagmek | -viignek | -vagnek |
| perlative | -vagkun | -viignegun | -viitgun |
| equative | -vagtun | -viigtun | -vagcetun |
Derived terms
Yup'ik terms suffixed with -vak
References
- Osahito Miyaoka (2012) A grammar of Central Alaskan Yupik (CAY), De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 647