arnaq

Alutiiq

Etymology

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

Noun

arnaq (plural arnat)

1. woman

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *aʀnaq, from Proto-Eskimo *aʀnaʀ. Cognate with Inuktitut ᐊᕐᓇᖅ (arnaq), Inupiaq aġnaq, and Nunatsiavummiutut annak.

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /arnaq/, [ɑn.nɑq]

Noun

arnaq (plural arnat)

1. woman

   Arnaavoq. ― She is a woman.

Declension

Declension of arnaq

case	singular	plural
absolutive	arnaq	arnat
ergative	arnap
allative	arnamut	arnanut
ablative	arnamit	arnaniit
prolative	arnakkut	arnatigut
locative	arnami	arnani
instrumental	arnamik	arnanik
equative	arnasut

Antonyms

• angut

Inuktitut

Noun

arnaq

1. Latin spelling of ᐊᕐᓇᖅ (arnaq)

Yup'ik

Etymology

From Proto-Yupik *aʀnaʀ, from Proto-Eskimo *aʀnaʀ. Compare Greenlandic arnaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.naq/, [ˈɑʁnɑq]
• Hyphenation: ar‧naq

Noun

arnaq

1. woman
2. (card games) queen

Declension

Declension of arnaq (stem: arna(r)-)

	singular	dual	plural
absolutive	arnaq	arnak	arnat
relative	arnam	arnak	arnat
locative	arnami	arnagni	arnani
allative	arnamun	arnagnun	arnanun
ablative	arnamek	arnagnek	arnanek
perlative	arnakun	arnagnegun	arnatgun
equative	arnatun	arnagtun	arnacetun

Coordinate terms

• (woman): angun (“man”)

References

• Osahito Miyaoka (2012) A grammar of Central Alaskan Yupik (CAY), De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 135
• Steven A. Jacobson (2012) “arnaq”, in Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary (Volume 1), Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN