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Inuktitut Root Definition



sangu   ᓴᖑ

Type: intransitive verb root

Meaning:
  • with intransitive ending and no object:
    • 1. 1. to veer, to change direction
    • 2. 2. to change one's mind or to do s.t. not as usual
    • ex.: sangujuq
  • with intransitive ending and object *:
    • 1. to change one's mind or to do s.t. (-mik) not as usual
    • ex.: sangujuq
  • with transitive ending*:
    • 1. to change one's mind or to do it not as usual
    • ex.: sangujara

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