iñuk

See also: inuk and Inuk

Inupiaq

Alternative forms

• inuk

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *inuɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣ. Cognate of Greenlandic inuk, Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃ (inok), and East Greenlandic iik.

Noun

iñuk (dual iññuk, plural iñuich, plural iñuit)

1. human, person

   Akłam iñuguutiplugu uqaġvigigaa.

   The bear turned into a human being and spoke to him.

Declension

Declension of iñuk

	singular	dual	plural
absolutive	iñuk	iñuit	{{{17}}}
relative	iñuum	iñuit	{{{18}}}
terminalis	iñuŋmun	iñuŋnun	{{{19}}}
ablative	iñuŋmiñ	iñuŋniñ	{{{20}}}
vialis	iñukun	iñuktigun	{{{21}}}
locative	iñuŋmi	iñuŋni	{{{22}}}
instrumental	iñuŋmik	iñuŋnik	{{{23}}}
similaris	iñutun	iñuktitun	{{{24}}}