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Inuktitut Root Definition



qirngumik   ᕿᕐᖑᒥᒃ

Type: intransitive verb root

Alternative form: qirngumigaq

Meaning:
  • with intransitive ending and no object:
    • to look at s.t. through telescope or binoculars
    • ex.: qirngumiktuq
  • with intransitive ending and object *:
    • to look at s.t. (-mik) through telescope or binoculars
    • ex.: qirngumiktuq
  • with transitive ending*:
    • to look at it through telescope or binoculars
    • ex.: qirngumiktara

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