mikivoq
Greenlandic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Inuit *mǝkǝ- (“small, child”), from Proto-Eskimo *mikǝ- (“small”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
mikivoq
- (intransitive) be small
Conjugation edit
| Conjugation of miki- (intransitive vowel stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | interrogative | imperative | optative | conditional | contemporative | participial | conjunctive/ causative | |
| I | mikivunga | mikivunga | - | mikilanga | mikiguma | mikillunga | mikisunga | mikigama |
| you (sg.) | mikivutit | mikivit | mikigit | - | mikiguit | mikillutit | mikisutit | mikigavit |
| she | mikivoq | mikiva | - | mikili | mikippat | mikillugu | mikisoq | mikimmat |
| she herself | - | - | - | - | mikiguni | - | - | mikigami |
| the two of us† | mikivuguk | mikivuguk | mikiluk | mikilanuk, mikinaaguk | mikigunnuk | mikillunuk | mikisuguk | mikigannuk |
| you two† | mikivutik | mikivitik | mikigitik, mikinatik | - | mikiguttik | mikillutik | mikisutik | mikigattik |
| those two† | mikippuk | mikippak | - | mikillik | mikippanik | mikillugik | mikisuk | mikimmanik |
| we | mikivugut | mikivugut | mikisa | mikilata, mikinaagut | mikigutta | mikilluta | mikisugut | mikigatta |
| you (pl.) | mikivusi | mikivisi | mikigitsi | - | mikigussi | mikillusi | mikisusi | mikigassi |
| they | mikipput | mikippat | - | mikilit, mikillit* | mikippata | mikillugit | mikisut | mikimmata |
| they themselves | - | - | - | - | mikigunik | - | - | mikigamik |