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Inuktitut Root Definition



ati   ᐊᑎ

Type: intransitive verb root

Meaning:
  • with intransitive ending and no object:
    • to put a garment ) on
    • ex.: atijuq
  • with intransitive ending and object *:
    • to put s.t. (a garment (-mik)
    • ex.: atijuq
  • with transitive ending:
    • to put it (a garment ) on
    • ex.: atijara

*Transitivity suffixes

  • this verb root can also be used with transitive suffixes or verb endings without the need of a suffix of transitivity

Source(s)
:
Spalding, Alex, "Inuktitut - A Multi-Dialectal Outline Dictionary". Nunavut Arctic College, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, 1998.
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