Morpheme List

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Morpheme	Example	Example in English	KQT variation
-tuuq	ugjuktuuq	the place with many bearded seal
-u-	nunauvuq nirijualuuqqaujunga aullaqtualuulauqtuq	It is land. Wow, I ate a lot! She left town (and the speaker is not happy about this).	-ngu-
-uq-	amuuqtanga aqpauqtuq ullauqtuqtuni aittauqtuq	He pulled in the long rope. He runs to deliver a message. He ran there fast. She yawns.
-usiq	uqausiq	word
-ut	qukiut alurluijaut amaut	gun a mat to remove dirt from the bottom of the feet a parka with a hood that is used for carrying an infant; an amauti	-rut -jjut
-uti-	niuvirvimmuurutiniaqtara	I will take him/her to the store.
-vaalliq-	tukisivaalliqtuq	He has come to understand it; He now understands it.	-paalliq-
-vagiiq-	takuvagiiqpara	I have already seen it.	-pagiiq-
-vak-	Ilingnik isumavaktunga anivattuq	I often think about you. He/she goes out often.	-pak-
-valatsi-	qimmiuvalatsijuq	It sounds like a dog.	-palatsi-
-vallai-	ninngaumavallaijuq	He/she is probably angry.	-pallai-
-vallia-	qaujimavallaijuq angilivalliajuq	He/she realizes something. It is gradually getting bigger.	-pallia-
-vasik-	kinguvasikkatta	We are getting off to a late start.
-vigjuaraaluk-	piujuvigjuaraaluk	It is very, very good.
-vik	imavik	ocean
-vik	aanniavik ilinniarvik kisarvik ilinniarvik iqalliarvingmuarniaqtunga allavvik aanniarvik anarvik mivviarjuk	hospital; nursing station school a place to anchor a boat school I will go to the fishing spot office hospital; nursing station washroom a small airstrip
-vik-	aullavikpuq	He/she is leaving for good.
-viniq	tuktuviniq Qarmarmi qullit angijuuvaktuviniit.	dead caribou; caribou meat In the qarmaq, there used to be large qullit.
-viniq-	Aanniqtuviniujuq katakłuni Uqquusaut qamittuviniq. nuatauvaktuviniit	He/she was injured when they fell. The furnace had stopped working. The things taht were gathered/collected long ago.
-vvaluk-	tingmisuuvvaluk	It sounds like an airplane.
-łiq	nukarłiq	the younger one
łaq	Una niriłaqpuq amma aippanga inngiqłuni.	This person is eating but his wife is singing.