qimugta
Yup'ik edit
Etymology edit
From qimugtuq (“pulls hard”) + -ta, referring to dogsleds. Displaced Proto-Eskimo *qikmiʀ, which survives in qikmiruaq (“willow catkin”), literally "imitation dog".
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
qimugta
- dog (Canis familiaris)
- 2013, Igarta Keggutailnguq, Pilinguarta Ciquyaq, Cikiutalqa Urlurveq[1], page 3:
- Piqerlutek naken piciinani qimugta pangalegluni kitu’urtuq imumek alqunaqaullukek.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
Declension of qimugta (stem: qimugte-)
singular | dual | plural | |
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absolutive | qimugta | qimugtek | qimugtet |
relative | qimugtem | qimugtek | qimugtet |
locative | qimugteḿi | qimugtegni | qimugteńi |
allative | qimugteḿun | qimugtegnun | qimugteńun |
ablative | qimugteḿek | qimugtegnek | qimugteńek |
perlative | qimugtekun | qimugtegnegun | qimugtetgun |
equative | qimugtetun | qimugtegtun | qimugtecetun |
References edit
- Steven A. Jacobson (2012) “qimugta”, in Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary (Volume 1), Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN