qimugta

Yup'ik

FWOTD – 22 April 2023

Qimugta.

Etymology

From qimugtuq (“pulls hard”) +‎ -ta, referring to dogsleds. Displaced Proto-Eskimo *qikmiʀ, which survives in qikmiruaq (“willow catkin”), literally "imitation dog".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qiˈmuɣ.ta/, [qeˈmuxta]
• Hyphenation: qi‧mug‧ta

Noun

qimugta

1. dog (Canis familiaris)
   • 2013, Igarta Keggutailnguq, Pilinguarta Ciquyaq, Cikiutalqa Urlurveq‎^[1], page 3:

     Piqerlutek naken piciinani qimugta pangalegluni kitu’urtuq imumek alqunaqaullukek.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of qimugta (stem: qimugte-)

	singular	dual	plural
absolutive	qimugta	qimugtek	qimugtet
relative	qimugtem	qimugtek	qimugtet
locative	qimugteḿi	qimugtegni	qimugteńi
allative	qimugteḿun	qimugtegnun	qimugteńun
ablative	qimugteḿek	qimugtegnek	qimugteńek
perlative	qimugtekun	qimugtegnegun	qimugtetgun
equative	qimugtetun	qimugtegtun	qimugtecetun

References

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