inuk
Greenlandic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Inuit *inuɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣ. Cognate of Inupiaq iñuk, Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃ (inok), and East Greenlandic iik.
Noun edit
inuk (plural inuit)
- person
- 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
- Inuit BBC-meersut marloriarlutik Ammassalimmiissimapuut.siullermik[sic] martsimi, tassa taamani ukiup sikuani aalaakkammi filmiisoqarsimavoq.
- The people from BBC have been in Ammassalik twice. The first time in March, ? on the firm ice [on the water] of the winter.
- 1982, August 4, Roland Thomsen, Atuagagdliutit, issue 31, "Tasiilami aasaq",
- Inuit uummalersutut ilipput, pingaartumik umiarsualiviup eqqaani
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
ín (“tendon, sinew”) + -uk (“their”, possessive suffix)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
inuk
- third-person plural single-possession possessive of ín
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | inuk | — |
| accusative | inukat | — |
| dative | inuknak | — |
| instrumental | inukkal | — |
| causal-final | inukért | — |
| translative | inukká | — |
| terminative | inukig | — |
| essive-formal | inukként | — |
| essive-modal | inukul | — |
| inessive | inukban | — |
| superessive | inukon | — |
| adessive | inuknál | — |
| illative | inukba | — |
| sublative | inukra | — |
| allative | inukhoz | — |
| elative | inukból | — |
| delative | inukról | — |
| ablative | inuktól | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
inuké | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
inukéi | — |
Inuktitut edit
Noun edit
inuk (dual inuuk, plural inuit)
- Latin spelling of ᐃᓄᒃ (inok)