Morpheme List

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Morpheme	Example	Example in English	KQT variation
-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.
-nitaq
-niujaq-	siningniujaqpa? aniniujaqtunga	Is he about to go to sleep? I am about to go out.
-niusa-	qangatasuuq tikinniusajuq	The airplane is about to arrive
-niut	arvanniut	whaling ship
-nnajuk	iglunnajuk uqannajuktuq	a wretched house He actually had the nerve to speak!
-nnajuk-	angunasugiannajuktuq	He actually went out hunting!
-nngiq	usunngiq	a promiscuous woman
-nngit-	natsiunngittuq sinigunnanngittuq ikajuqtaujunnanngittut Uuma ilanga piunngittuq. ajjigiinngittuuk aliaginngitait amautiggilaunngittuq	It is not a seal. he/she is unable to sleep They could not be helped. The part of this one is not good. The two of them are different; they are not the same You find it dreary. She didn’t bring her amaut.
-nngu-	niaqunngujuq	He/she has a headache.
-nnguaq	nunannguaq pinnguaqtuq ajjinnguaq	map He/she plays. a photograph
-nnguaq-
-nnguq-	pisunnguqtunga	I am tired of walking.
-nngusuk-	sininngusuktuq	He/she feels like sleeping.
-nniit-	saninniittuq	It is beside me.
-nninngaaq-	qulinninngaaqtuq	It came from above me.
-nnuaq-
-nuaq-	Arvianuaqtugut Kangiqłinikkut. qulaanuaqtuq tunungnuaqtut	We went to Arviat via Rankin Inlet. He/she went upstairs. They (3+) went behind you.	-muaq-
-nunngau	nukakkunnunngaulauqtunga	I went to my younger sibiling's place	-munngau-
-paa	kaaliqpaa	Oh, I am so hungry right now!
-paalliq-			-vaalliq-
-paaluk	piujuqpaaluk	It is very good.
-paaq	sivulliqpaaq	the very first
-pagiiq-			-vagiiq-
-pak-	Mittimatalingmittauq nattirasukpaktuq iqalugasukpakłutiglu Ukutitunaq uqallakpaktunga.	They go seal hunting and fishing in Pond Inlet as well. I speak like these people.	-vak-
-palatsi-			-valatsi-
-pallai-			-vallai-
-pallia-			-vallia-
-paluk-	uqumaipaluktuq Ujarasugjualuit angitigipaluktut uutunaq iglurusiqtut.	It is a little bit heavy. The boulders are roughly the same size as this room.