arnaq
Alutiiq
Etymology
From Proto-Yupik *aʀnaʀ, from Proto-Eskimo *aʀnaʀ.
Noun
arnaq (plural arnat)
Greenlandic
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *aʀnaq, from Proto-Eskimo *aʀnaʀ. Cognate with Inuktitut ᐊᕐᓇᖅ (arnaq), Inupiaq aġnaq, and Nunatsiavummiutut annak.
Pronunciation
Noun
arnaq (plural arnat)
- woman
- Arnaavoq. ― She is a woman.
Declension
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | arnaq | arnat |
| ergative | arnap | |
| allative | arnamut | arnanut |
| ablative | arnamit | arnaniit |
| prolative | arnakkut | arnatigut |
| locative | arnami | arnani |
| instrumental | arnamik | arnanik |
| equative | arnasut | |
Antonyms
References
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/, [ˈɑʁnɑq]
- Hyphenation: ar‧naq
Noun
arnaq
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | arnaq | arnak | arnat |
| relative | arnam | arnak | arnat |
| locative | arnami | arnagni | arnani |
| allative | arnamun | arnagnun | arnanun |
| ablative | arnamek | arnagnek | arnanek |
| perlative | arnakun | arnagnegun | arnatgun |
| equative | arnatun | arnagtun | arnacetun |
Coordinate terms
- (woman): angun (“man”)
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