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Morpheme	Example	Example in English	KQT variation
-giik	anigiik ataatagiik ajjigiik ajjigiinngittuuk angiqatigiiktuuk	a female and her brother a child and their father two things that are the same The two of them are different; they are not the same The two are in agreement.	-riik
-giiq-	pattagiiqpisi?	Have you (3+) finished playing cards?	-riiq- -tariiq- -jariiq-
-giit	qatanngutigiittgut niriqatigiit ilagiit pinnguaqatigiit	We are siblings. a group of 3+ people who are eating together a family teammates	-riit
-giuq-	takugiuqtara	I see it for the first time.	-riuq- -tariuq- -jariuq-
-gjuaq	ilinniarvigjuaq kuujjuaq	a big school a big river	-rjuaq
-guk-	tuktuguktuq kiksautiguktunga kukuguktunga	She is craving caribou meat. I’m craving kiksaut. I am craving chocolate.	-ruk-
-guluk	unaguluk taingnaguluk	this thing of little significance that bothersome person over there	-ruluk
-guma-	maligumavit?	Do you want to come along?	-ruma- -juma- -tuma-
-gumaaq-	suragumaaqtuq silajjuaq	The earth will end one day.	-jumaaq- -rumaaq- -tumaaq-
-guminaq-			-ruminaq- -tuminaq- -juminaq-
-gunnaq-	sinigunnanngittuq	he/she is unable to sleep	-runnaq- -tunnaq- -junnaq-
-gunniiq-	maqugunniiqtuq	It has stopped raining.	-runniiq- -tunniiq- -junniiq-
-gusuk-	Ilingnik nagligusuktuq akunigusuktunga qungagusunngittuq tautugusunngittara	It is you he/she loves; he/she loves you. I am feeling impatient; it is feeling to me like a long time He does not feel like smiling. I don’t feel like watching it.	-rusuk-
-ijaq-	isigaijaqtunga piluijaqtanga alurluijaut qingaijaqtunga ilaijaqtut	I have cold feet. He/she removes the caribou hair from it. a mat to remove dirt from the bottom of the feet I have a cold nose. They have lost family members (due to death).	-aijaq- -ngijaq-
-illi-	taliillijuq qarasaujaillijuq singirniillijuq ijiillijunga ikusiillijuq	He has broken his arm. Her computer is damaged or broken. He has injured his ankle. I have injured my eye. He injured his elbow.	-ailli-
-innaq-
-innaq-	inngiinnaqtuq Nirigalainnasuuq unnuakkut. kajusiinnaqtuq	He/she is continuously singing. He often eats a little in the middle of the night. It is proceeding; it is on-going; he/she carries on
-innaujaq-	ninngainnaujaqtuq	He/she is always getting angry.
-iq-	uqsuiqtugut Julaimi sikuiqsimaliqtillugu umiakkut nattirasugialauqtugut. nasaiqtunga Aggakka tululuamut kukiiqpasaarama.	We are out of fuel/oil. In July, when the ice had gone, we went seal hunting by boat. I took off my hat/hood. I bumped my hand so hard that my nail actually came off
-iqsiq-	qimmiiqsiqtuq kiingiqsiqtuq	He/she lost his/her dogs he/she lost his/her keys
-iqsuq-	marruiqsuqpugut qassiiqsuqłusi nirilauqpisi?	We did it twice. How many times did you eat?
-iruti-	sakkuirutivugut	We are out of ammunition.
-it-	silaittuq nuliittuq maniittuq nittaittuq ajuittuq anuraittuq	He is not bright. someone without a wife; a bachelor it is rough (an uneven surface) The weather is not clear. smart There’s no wind.
-jaaq-	tuktujaaqtuq aupajaaqtuq	something that looks like a caribou orange colour
-jagaq	tamuajagaq amujagaq	chewing gum dresser
-jaq	tigujaq nirijaq	something that was taken something that is eaten
-jaqtuq-	katimajaqtuqtuq takujaqtulauqtara Arvianut katimajaqtulauqtuq. ikijaqtulilauqtuuk takujaqtulaurit kinaungmangaat!	He/she goes to a meeting. I went to see him/her He/she went to Arviat for a meeting. the two of them went to get in/on something Go and see who it is!	-giaqtuq- -riaqtuq-
-jaraang-	Takujaraangakkit quviasuqattaqtunga.	Whenever I see you, I am happy.
-jariaksaq	tunisijariaksaq kanngusuktunga	I am shy about giving anything.	-giaksaq -riaksaq -tariaksaq
-jariaqaq-	anijariaqaqtunga	I have to leave.	-giaqaq- -riaqaq- -tariaqaq-