kaviaq

Yup'ik

Kaviaq.

Etymology

From Proto-Yupik, from Proto-Eskimo. Compare Greenlandic kajoq (“brown dog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈvi.aq/, [kavˈviːɑq]
• Hyphenation: ka‧vi‧aq

Noun

kaviaq

1. red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Declension

(strong inflection)

Declension of kaviaq (stem: kaviar-)

	singular	dual	plural
absolutive	kaviaq	kaviaak	kaviaat
relative	kaviaam	kaviaak	kaviaat
locative	kaviarmi	kaviaagni	kaviarni
allative	kaviarmun	kaviaagnun	kaviarnun
ablative	kaviarmek	kaviaagnek	kaviarnek
perlative	kaviarkun	kaviaagnegun	kaviaatgun
equative	kaviartun	kaviaagtun	kaviarcetun

(weak inflection)

Declension of kaviaq (stem: kavia(r)-)

	singular	dual	plural
absolutive	kaviaq	kaviak	kaviat
relative	kaviam	kaviak	kaviat
locative	kaviami	kaviagni	kaviani
allative	kaviamun	kaviagnun	kavianun
ablative	kaviamek	kaviagnek	kavianek
perlative	kaviakun	kaviagnegun	kaviatgun
equative	kaviatun	kaviagtun	kaviacetun

References

• Steven A. Jacobson (2012) “kaviaq”, in Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary (Volume 1), Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN