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Inuktitut Root Definition



kiak   ᑭᐊᒃ

Type: transitive verb root

Meaning:
[-R]to /scrape s.t. of hair after immersion in boiling water [R]to lose all its hair after being immersed in boiling water
  • with transitive ending:
    • to scrape it of hair after immersion in boiling water
    • ex.: kiaktara
  • with intransitive ending, an antipassive suffix*, and an object:
    • to scrape s.t. (-mik) of hair after immersion in boiling water
    • ex.: kiaksijuq
  • with intransitive ending, no antipassive suffix, in the passive mode:
    • to be scraped of hair after immersion in boiling water
    • ex.: kiaktuq

*Antipassive suffix

  • when used with intransitive suffixes or verb endings and an object, in order for the verb NOT to be interpreted passively or reflexively, this verb root must be followed by the antipassive suffix si1vv: kiaksijuq

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