tuntuvak
Yup'ik
Tuntuvak.
Etymology
From Proto-Yupik *tuntuvak, from Proto-Eskimo *tuŋtuvak, equivalent to tuntu (“caribou”) + -vak. Compare Greenlandic tuttorpak and Inupiaq tuttuvak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtun.tu.vak/, [ˈtuntuwak]
- Hyphenation: tun‧tu‧vak
Noun
tuntuvak
- moose (Alces alces)
Declension
Declension of tuntuvak (stem: tuntuvag-)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | tuntuvak | tuntuviik | tuntuviit |
| relative | tuntuviim | tuntuviik | tuntuviit |
| locative | tuntuvagmi | tuntuviigni | tuntuvagni |
| allative | tuntuvagmun | tuntuviignun | tuntuvagnun |
| ablative | tuntuvagmek | tuntuviignek | tuntuvagnek |
| perlative | tuntuvagkun | tuntuviignegun | tuntuviitgun |
| equative | tuntuvagtun | tuntuviigtun | tuntuvagcetun |
References
- Steven A. Jacobson (2012), “tuntuvak”, in Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary (Volume 1), Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN