gúk

Tlingit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Na-Dene *-ǰoq (“ear”). Compare Proto-Athabaskan *-džəx-əʔ (“outer ear”) and Eyak ǰǝhχ, ǰǝχ (“ear”). Distantly cognate with Ket огдэ (ɔ́gdɛ).

Noun

gúk (see inflected forms below)

  1. ear
Possessives of gúk
singular plural
1st person ax̱ gúk haa gúk
2nd person i gúk yee gúk
3rd person human du gúk
non-human a gúk
proximate ash gúk
indefinite human ha gúk
non-human at gúk
reflexive chush gúk
reciprocal woosh gúk
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