-vak

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Inuktitut

Alternative forms

  • -pak (used after consonant)

Suffix

-vak (Syllabics -ᕙᒃ)

  1. non-specific 3rd person dual interrogative verb suffix

Yup'ik

Etymology

From Proto-Yupik *-vak, from Proto-Eskimo *-vak.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-vak

  1. Used to form nouns denoting a great size of something.

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Osahito Miyaoka (2012) A grammar of Central Alaskan Yupik (CAY), De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 647