Morpheme List

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Morpheme	Example	Example in English	KQT variation
-minit	tupirminit anijuq igluminit	She went out of her own tent. from his/her own house
-minngaaq-
-minut	tupirminut isiqtuq	He went in to his own tent.
-mit	tupirmit anijuq iglumit pisuktuq inungmit Umiarmit niujuq. Nunasiutimit niujuq. Iglulingmit tikisaaqtugut	She goes out of the tent He walks from the house. from the person He/she got off the boat. He/she got out of the car. We just arrived from Iglulik.
-mitut	tupirmitut angitigijuq iglumitut Taututtiaruniiliqtuq ataatattiamitut.	It's the same size as his own tent. like his own house He is losing his sight like his grandfather.
-miuq	Mittimatalingmiuq	a resident of Pond Inlet
-miutaq	siummiutaq	an earring
-mmarik	angutimmarik isumammariktuq	a real man (i.e. a hunter) He/she really thinks.
-mmarik-
-mmat	tikimmat	because he/she is arriving; when he/she arrived	-ngmat -rmat
-mmata	tikimmata	because they (3+) are arriving; when they arrived	-ngmata -rmata
-mmatik	tikimmatik	because they (2) are arriving; when they arrived	-ngmatik -rmatik
-mni	tupimni siniktunga iglumni	I sleep in my tent. in my house
-mnik	tupimnik takujunga Takujuq iglumnik	I see my tent. He sees my house.
-mnik	igluumnik takujuq	He sees my two houses.
-mnit	tupimnit anijuq iglumnit	She went out of my tent. from my house
-mnit	igluumnit	from my two houses
-mnuk	iglumnuk igalaanga	our (2) house's window
-mnut	tupimnut itiqtuq iglumnut	She enters my tent. to my house
-muaq-	Iglulingmuaqtut mittarvingmuariaqalaaqtunga iqalliarvingmuarniaqtunga	They reached Iglulik I will have to go to the airport I will go to the fishing spot	-nuaq-
-munngau-	ilissinnunngaujunga	I am on my way to your place.	-nunngau
-mut	tupirmut itiqtuq inungmut Kiviuq maliksaqtuq inungmik tupirmut. Tunilauqtanga asianut angutimut. Mittimatalingmut aullalaaqtut.	He/she went into the tent. to the person Kiviuq followed a person into the tent. He/she gave it to another man. They will travel to Pond Inlet.
-najaq-	apirinajaqtara	I would ask him.	-gajaq- -rajaq-
-nak	isumanak	without thinking, you (1)...
-nakkit	qungannakkit	because I am smiling at you	-gakkit -rakkit -kakkit
-nama	tikinnama	because I am arriving; when I arrived	-gama -kama -rama
-nami	tikinnami	because he/she is arriving; when he/she arrived	-gami -kami -rami
-namik	tikinnamik	because they are arriving; when they arrived	-gamik -kamik -ramik
-namnuk	tikinnamnuk	because we (2) are arriving; when we arrived	-gamnuk -kamnuk -ramnuk
-nanga	siningnanga isumananga	without sleeping, I... without thinking, I...