kaviaq

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Yup'ik

Kaviaq.

Etymology

From Proto-Yupik, from Proto-Eskimo. Compare Greenlandic kajoq (“brown dog”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈvi.aq/,
  • Hyphenation: ka‧vi‧aq

Noun

kaviaq

  1. red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Declension

(strong inflection)

Declension of kaviaq (stem: kaviar-)
singular dual plural
absolutive kaviaq kaviaak kaviaat
relative kaviaam kaviaak kaviaat
locative kaviarmi kaviaagni kaviarni
allative kaviarmun kaviaagnun kaviarnun
ablative kaviarmek kaviaagnek kaviarnek
perlative kaviarkun kaviaagnegun kaviaatgun
equative kaviartun kaviaagtun kaviarcetun

(weak inflection)

Declension of kaviaq (stem: kavia(r)-)
singular dual plural
absolutive kaviaq kaviak kaviat
relative kaviam kaviak kaviat
locative kaviami kaviagni kaviani
allative kaviamun kaviagnun kavianun
ablative kaviamek kaviagnek kavianek
perlative kaviakun kaviagnegun kaviatgun
equative kaviatun kaviagtun kaviacetun

References

  • Steven A. Jacobson (2012) “kaviaq”, in Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary (Volume 1), Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN
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