penguq

Yup'ik

Etymology

From Proto-Yupik *pəŋuq, from Proto-Eskimo *peŋuʀ. Compare Greenlandic pingu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɨ.ŋuq/, [ˈpɨŋoq]
  • Hyphenation: pen‧guq

Noun

penguq

  1. hill, mound

Declension
Declension of penguq (stem: pengu(r)-)
singular dual plural
absolutive penguq penguk pengut
relative pengum penguk pengut
locative pengumi pengugni penguni
allative pengumun pengugnun pengunun
ablative pengumek pengugnek pengunek
perlative pengukun pengugnegun pengutgun
equative pengutun pengugtun pengucetun

References
  • Osahito Miyaoka (2012) A grammar of Central Alaskan Yupik (CAY), De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 39
  • Steven A. Jacobson (2012) “penguq”, in Yup'ik Eskimo Dictionary (Volume 1), Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN
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