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Inuktitut Root Definition



qanunga   ᖃᓄᖓ

Type: intransitive verb root

Meaning:
  • with intransitive ending and no object:
    • to bully or torment s.o.
    • ex.: qanungajuq
  • with intransitive ending and object *:
    • to bully or torment s.o. (-mik)
    • ex.: qanungajuq
  • with transitive ending*:
    • to bully or torment him/her
    • ex.: qanungajara

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