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Morpheme	Example	Example in English	KQT variation
-tigut
-tiiq	uqaqtutiiq	a young person who speaks well for his/her age
-tik	iglutik	their (2+) own house
-tikkuk
-tillugu	Julaimi sikuiqsimaliqtillugu umiakkut nattirasugialauqtugut. Iqalungni qanniqtillugu tikilauqtuq.	In July, when the ice had gone, we went seal hunting by boat. It was snowing in Iqaluit when she arrived.
-tit	irnitit igluliulauqtut	Your (1) sons (3+) built a house.
-tit-	anitilauqpara ilinniaqtillagit! iliniaqtippassik?	I made him/her go out. Let me teach you! Am I teaching the two of you?
-titut	igluutitut iglutitut tupiititut tupiqtitut inuuktitut inuktitut Sivulittitut pinasuaqtugut. ukuatitut	like the two houses like the houses (3+) like the two tents like the tents (3+) like the two people like the people (3+) We are trying to do things like our ancestors. like these (3+)
-tsiaq	inutsiaq	He/she is a fine person.
-tsiaq-	mumitsiaqtut	They dance very well.	-ttiaq-
-tsiavak	silatsiavak	excellent weather
-tta	ataatatta iglunga	the house of our (3+) father
-ttannak	angutittannak	a short, bulky man
-ttauq	uvangattauq Mittimatalingmittauq nattirasukpaktuq iqalugasukpakłutiglu ahianuttauq	me, as well. They go seal hunting and fishing in Pond Inlet as well. and another thing
-ttiaq
-ttiaq-	Taututtiaruniiliqtuq ataatattiamitut. iliktut uqallattiasuuq	He is losing his sight like his grandfather. He/she speaks well like you.	-tsiaq-
-ttingni	igluttingni sinilauqtuq	He/she slept in our (2) house.
-ttingnik	igluttingnik piuksaqtuq	He/he likes our (2) house.
-ttingnit	igluttingnit anijuq	He/she came out from our house.
-ttingnut	tupittingnut isiqtuq	He/she came in to our (2) tent.
-ttinni	igluttinni sinilauqtuq sanittinni	He/she slept in our (3+) house beside us
-ttinnik	igluttinnik piuksaqtuq	He/she like our house.
-ttinnit	igluttinnit anijuq sanittinnit Qimmit saattinnit miagguuqtut tusaqsaujut.	He/she came out from our (3+) house. from the space beside us The dogs can be heard howling from the front of our house.
-ttinnuaq-	saattinnuaqtuuk	The two of them went in front of us.
-ttinnut	tupittinnut isiqtuq sanittinnut	He/she comes in to our (3+) tent to the space beside us
-tu-	pijariaqtujuq sivitujuq miqsuriaqtujuq akitujuq silatujuq pagvitujuq ikpiarjuktullugu tunnuqtujuq	It is difficult. It is along distance to travel. It is difficult to sew; it would take a long time to sew. (it is) expensive He/she is wise. She is easily annoyed. Make the pockets big! It has thick fat.
-tuaq
-tuaq-	Takutuarukku qaiquniaqpara. qimmituara	As soon as I see him, I'll ask him to come. my only dog
-tuguk	siniktuguk	the two of us sleep	-juguk
-tugut	siniktuguk Sivulittitut pinasuaqtugut. iglunganik piuksaqtugut Iglulingmit tikisaaqtugut Nattiqsimalluta sigjamut tulalauqtugut. qatanngutigiittgut	we (3+) sleep We are trying to do things like our ancestors. We like his/her/their (3+) house. We just arrived from Iglulik. Having caught some seals, we went to shore. We are siblings.	-jugut