arnaq

Alutiiq

Etymology

From Proto-Yupik *aʀnaʀ, from Proto-Eskimo *aʀnaʀ.

Noun

arnaq (plural arnat)

  1. woman

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *aʀnaq, from Proto-Eskimo *aʀnaʀ. Cognate with Inuktitut ᐊᕐᓇᖅ (arnaq), Inupiaq aġnaq, and Nunatsiavummiutut annak.

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /arnaq/, [ɑn.nɑq]

Noun

arnaq (plural arnat)

  1. woman
    Arnaavoq. ― She is a woman.

Declension

Declension of arnaq
case singular plural
absolutive arnaq arnat
ergative arnap
allative arnamut arnanut
ablative arnamit arnaniit
prolative arnakkut arnatigut
locative arnami arnani
instrumental arnamik arnanik
equative arnasut

Antonyms

References

  • “arnaq“ in iserasuaat.gl

Inuktitut

Noun

arnaq

  1. Latin spelling of ᐊᕐᓇᖅ (arnaq)

Yup'ik

Etymology

From Proto-Yupik *aʀnaʀ, from Proto-Eskimo *aʀnaʀ. Compare Greenlandic arnaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaʁ.naq/, [ˈɑʁnɑq]
  • Hyphenation: ar‧naq

Noun

arnaq

  1. woman
  2. (card games) queen

Declension

Declension of arnaq (stem: arna(r)-)
singular dual plural
absolutive arnaq arnak arnat
relative arnam arnak arnat
locative arnami arnagni arnani
allative arnamun arnagnun arnanun
ablative arnamek arnagnek arnanek
perlative arnakun arnagnegun arnatgun
equative arnatun arnagtun arnacetun

Coordinate terms

  • (woman): angun (“man”)

References

  • Osahito Miyaoka (2012) A grammar of Central Alaskan Yupik (CAY), De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 135
  • Steven A. Jacobson (2012) “arnaq”, in Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary (Volume 1), Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN
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