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

  1. moose (Alces alces)

Declension

References

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