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Alutiiq
Etymology
From Proto-Yupik *áʁńa-, from Proto-Eskimo *aʁna-.
Noun
arnaq (plural arnat)
- woman
Greenlandic
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *ạʁna-, from Proto-Eskimo *aʁna-. Cognate of Inuktitut ᐊᕐᓇᖅ (arnaq), Inupiaq aġnaq, and Nunatsiavummiutut annak.
Pronunciation
Noun
arnaq (plural arnat)
- woman
- Arnaavoq. ― She is a woman.
Declension
Antonyms
Inuktitut
Noun
arnaq
- Latin spelling of ᐊᕐᓇᖅ (arnaq)
Yup'ik
Etymology
From Proto-Yupik *aʀnaʀ, from Proto-Eskimo *aʀnaʀ. Compare Greenlandic arnaq.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaʁ.naq/,
- Hyphenation: ar‧naq
Noun
arnaq
- woman
- (card games) queen
Declension
Declension of arnaq (stem: arna(r)-)
Coordinate terms
References
- Osahito Miyaoka (2012) A grammar of Central Alaskan Yupik (CAY), De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 135
- Steven A. Jacobson (2012) “arnaq”, in Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary (Volume 1), Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN