angak

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Greenlandic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *aŋaɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *aŋaɣ. Cognate with Inuktitut ᐊᖓᒃ (angak).

Pronunciation

Noun

angak (plural angaat)

  1. maternal uncle

Declension

Declension of angak
singular plural
absolutive angak angaat
ergative angaap angaat
allative angammut angannut
ablative angammit angannit
prosecutive angakkut angatsigut
locative angammi anganni
instrumental angammik angannik
equative angattut angattut

References

Yup'ik

Etymology

From Proto-Yupik *aŋaɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *aŋaɣ. Compare Greenlandic angak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ŋak/,
  • Hyphenation: an‧gak

Noun

angak

  1. maternal uncle

Declension

Declension of angak (stem: angag-)
singular dual plural
absolutive angak angiik angiit
relative angiim angiik angiit
locative angagmi angiigni angagni
allative angagmun angiignun angagnun
ablative angagmek angiignek angagnek
perlative angagkun angiignegun angiitgun
equative angagtun angiigtun angagcetun

References

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