Alutiiq

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Etymology

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From Proto-Yupik *áʁńa-, from Proto-Eskimo *aʁna-.

Noun

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arnaq (plural arnat)

  1. woman

Greenlandic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Inuit *ạʁna-, from Proto-Eskimo *aʁna-. Cognate of Inuktitut ᐊᕐᓇᖅ (arnaq), Inupiaq aġnaq, and Nunatsiavummiutut annak.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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arnaq (plural arnat)

  1. woman
    Arnaavoq.She is a woman.

Declension

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Inuktitut

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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arnaq

  1. Latin spelling of ᐊᕐᓇᖅ (arnaq)

Yup'ik

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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arnaq

  1. woman
  2. (card games) queen

Declension

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Coordinate terms

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  • (woman): angun (man)

References

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  • 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