Morpheme List

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Morpheme	Example	Example in English	KQT variation
-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!
-nnga
-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.
-nni	ijinni iglunni sinilauqtuq saninni atinni Saninni iksivaaqtuq.	in my eye He/she slept in my house. beside me underneath me He/she is sitting beside me.
-nniit-	saninniittuq	It is beside me.
-nnik	iglunnik piuksaqtuq	He/she likes my house.
-nninngaaq-	qulinninngaaqtuq	It came from above me.
-nnit	iglunnit anijuq saninnit	He/she came out from my house. from the space beside me
-nnuaq-
-nnut	tupinnut isiqtuq saninnut	He/she went in to my tent. to the space beside me
-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-
-nut	inuungnut tupiingnut Tunilauqtanga asianut angutimut. inungnut Umiarnut agjaqsijut. Arvianut katimajaqtulauqtuq. Tikilauqtunga Iqalungnut.	to the two people to the two tents He/she gave it to another man. to the people They are carrying things to the boats. He/she went to Arviat for a meeting. I arrived in Iqaluit.
-p	umiap iqqua	the stern of the boat	-up -up
-pa?	sinikpa Kina aqunniaqpa?	Is he/she/it sleeping? Who is going to drive?	-va?
-paa	kaaliqpaa	Oh, I am so hungry right now!
-paakka	tusaqpaakka?		-vaakkak
-paalliq-			-vaalliq-
-paaluk	piujuqpaaluk	It is very good.