Morpheme List

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Morpheme	Example	Example in English	KQT variation
-ngmasik	takungmasik	because the 2 of them see the two of you
-ngmasik	takungmasi	because the 2 of them see you
-ngmat	takungmat siningmat	because he/she sees; when he/she saw because he/she is sleeping; when he/she slept	-rmat -mmat
-ngmata	takungmata siningmata	because they (3+) see because they (3+) are sleeping; when they slept	-rmata -mmata
-ngmatigut	takungmatigut	because the 2 of them see us
-ngmatik	takungmatik	because they (2) see; when they saw	-rmatik -mmatik
-ngmatikkuk	takungmatikkuk	because the 2 of them see the two of us
-ngmatit	takungmatit	because the 2 of them see you
-ngni	iglungni sinilauqtuq saningni atingni	He/she slept in your (1) house. beside you underneath you	-rni
-ngniit-	tunungniittuuk	The two of them are behind you.
-ngnik	iglungnik piuksaqtuq	He/she likes your (1) house.	-rnik
-ngninngaaq-	tunungninngaaqtut	They came from behind you.
-ngnit	iglungnit anijuq saningnit	He/she came out from your (1) house from the space beside you	-rnit
-ngnuaq-
-ngnut	iglungnut saningnut Saali tunungnut ijiqtuq.	to your (1) house to the space beside you Charlie hid behind you.	-rnut
-ngu-	nunaliralaangulauqsimajut	there were outpost camps (at that time)	-u-
-ni	tupini igluni	his/her own tent his/her own house
-ni	tupiingni tupirni igluungni igluni Iqalungni qanniqtillugu tikilauqtuq. akiani	in the two tents in the tents (3+) in the two houses in the houses (3+) It was snowing in Iqaluit when she arrived. across; in/at the other side of a river, lead, etc.
-niaq-	uumajurniaqti	wildlife officer
-niaq-	qainiaqpit? Kina aqunniaqpa? Niqłiuqtiup ainiaqtanga niqi ilingnit. Niqi niuvirniaqtara.	Will you be coming (later today)? Who is going to drive? The cook will pick up the meat from you. I will buy the meat.
-niit-	tunungniittuuk qulaaniittut saanniittuq qaanganiittut iluaniittuuk Tingmiaq tupiup qaanganiittuq. Uqalimaagaq iksivautaup ataaniittuq. Qajaq tupiup tunuaniittuq. Tuqłualik iksivautaak sivuraniittuq ungataaniittuq ataaniittuq Kipuup ataaniittuq Tingmiat qajaup qaanganiittut.	The two of them are behind you. They are above her. It is in front of me. They are on top of it. The two of them are inside it. The bird is on top of the tent. The book is under the chair. The kayak is behind the tent. The kettle is in front of the two chairs. it is on the far side of something It is under it. It is underneath the table. The birds are on top of the kayak.	-miit-
-nik	qimmiingnik takujuq Ukungninga kamiingnik piuksaqtunga. Qassinik tuktunik takuqqauvit? pingasunik niuviaksaksanik	He sees two dogs. I like this pair of skin boots. How many caribou did you see? three of something the things that are to be sold	-mik
-niku-	quviasungnikumut qiajuq Aannialiqpasaarama iksivaassuujaluarnikumut.	He/she is crying because he/she is happy. I was sitting for so long, that it started to hurt.
-ninngaaq-
-niq	pigiarniq	the beginning
-niq-	tikinniqpa?	Has he/she arrived?
-niqpaaq	titsinarniqpaaq	the funniest one of all
-niqsaq-	anginiqsaq anginiqsamik	the larger one of the two something bigger
-niraq-	Piitaup tikinniraqpaatit aniniraqpaatit	Piita said that you arrived. She said that you went out.
-nit	tupiingnit tupirnit inuungnit inungnit Umiarnit niuraijut. Sallirnit aullalauqtuq.	from the two tents from the (3+) tents from the (2) people from the (3+) people They are unloading things from the boats He/she travelled from Coral Harbour.