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Yup'ik
Etymology
From Proto-Yupik , from Proto-Eskimo *ciɣəðquq. Compare Greenlandic seeqqoq.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːs.quq/,
- Hyphenation: ciis‧quq
Noun
ciisquq
- knee
Declension
Declension of ciisquq (stem: ciisqu(r)-)
References
- Osahito Miyaoka (2012) A grammar of Central Alaskan Yupik (CAY), De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 41
- Steven A. Jacobson (2012) “ciisquq”, in Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary (Volume 1), Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN