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Inuktitut
- -pak (used after consonant)
Suffix
-vak (Syllabics -ᕙᒃ)
- non-specific 3rd person dual interrogative verb suffix
Yup'ik
Etymology
From Proto-Yupik *-vak, from Proto-Eskimo *-vak.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-vak
- Used to form nouns denoting a great size of something.
Declension
Declension of -vak (stem: -vag-)
Derived terms
References
- Osahito Miyaoka (2012) A grammar of Central Alaskan Yupik (CAY), De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 647