-vak

Inuktitut

Alternative forms

• -pak (used after consonant)

Suffix

-vak (Syllabics -ᕙᒃ)

1. non-specific 3rd person dual interrogative verb suffix

Yup'ik

Etymology

From Proto-Yupik *-vak, from Proto-Eskimo *-vak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-vak/

Suffix

-vak

1. Used to form nouns denoting a great size of something.

Declension

Declension of -vak (stem: -vag-)

	singular	dual	plural
absolutive	-vak	-viik	-viit
relative	-viim	-viik	-viit
locative	-vagmi	-viigni	-vagni
allative	-vagmun	-viignun	-vagnun
ablative	-vagmek	-viignek	-vagnek
perlative	-vagkun	-viignegun	-viitgun
equative	-vagtun	-viigtun	-vagcetun

Derived terms

Yup'ik terms suffixed with -vak

tuntuvak

References

• Osahito Miyaoka (2012) A grammar of Central Alaskan Yupik (CAY), De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 647