penguq

Yup'ik

Etymology

From Proto-Yupik *pəŋuq, from Proto-Eskimo *peŋuʀ. Compare Greenlandic pingu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɨ.ŋuq/, [ˈpɨŋoq]
• Hyphenation: pen‧guq

Noun

penguq

1. hill, mound

Declension

Declension of penguq (stem: pengu(r)-)

	singular	dual	plural
absolutive	penguq	penguk	pengut
relative	pengum	penguk	pengut
locative	pengumi	pengugni	penguni
allative	pengumun	pengugnun	pengunun
ablative	pengumek	pengugnek	pengunek
perlative	pengukun	pengugnegun	pengutgun
equative	pengutun	pengugtun	pengucetun

References

• Osahito Miyaoka (2012) A grammar of Central Alaskan Yupik (CAY), De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 39
• Steven A. Jacobson (2012) “penguq”, in Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary (Volume 1), Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN