iñuk

See also: inuk and Inuk

Inupiaq

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *inuɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣ. Cognate of Greenlandic inuk, Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃ (inok), and East Greenlandic iik.

Noun

iñuk (dual iññuk, plural iñuich, plural iñuit)

  1. human, person
    Akłam iñuguutiplugu uqaġvigigaa.
    The bear turned into a human being and spoke to him.

Declension

Declension of iñuk
singular dual plural
absolutive iñuk iñuit {{{17}}}
relative iñuum iñuit {{{18}}}
terminalis iñuŋmun iñuŋnun {{{19}}}
ablative iñuŋmiñ iñuŋniñ {{{20}}}
vialis iñukun iñuktigun {{{21}}}
locative iñuŋmi iñuŋni {{{22}}}
instrumental iñuŋmik iñuŋnik {{{23}}}
similaris iñutun iñuktitun {{{24}}}
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