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angak

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Greenlandic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Inuit *aŋaɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *aŋaɣ. Cognate with Inuktitut ᐊᖓᒃ (angak).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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angak (plural angaat)

  1. maternal uncle

Declension

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Declension of angak
singular plural
absolutive angak angaat
ergative angaap angaat
allative angammut angannut
ablative angammit angannit
prosecutive angakkut angatsigut
locative angammi anganni
instrumental angammik angannik
equative angattut angattut

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Yup'ik

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Etymology

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From Proto-Yupik *aŋaɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *aŋaɣ. Compare Greenlandic angak.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ŋak/, [ˈaŋak]
  • Hyphenation: an‧gak

Noun

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angak

  1. maternal uncle

Declension

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Declension of angak (stem: angag-)
singular dual plural
absolutive angak angiik angiit
relative angiim angiik angiit
locative angagmi angiigni angagni
allative angagmun angiignun angagnun
ablative angagmek angiignek angagnek
perlative angagkun angiignegun angiitgun
equative angagtun angiigtun angagcetun

References

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  • Osahito Miyaoka (2012) A grammar of Central Alaskan Yupik (CAY), De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 39
  • Steven A. Jacobson (2012) “angak”, in Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary (Volume 1), Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN
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