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Inuktitut Root Definition

sijjaq ᓯᔾᔭᖅ

Type: nominal root

Meaning: (1) fox den or lair [WCHB] (2) shore-line [N. Baffin] (3) passage-way to nest of a baby seal [N. Baffin]

Source(s)

Spalding, Alex, "Inuktitut - A Multi-Dialectal Outline Dictionary". Nunavut Arctic College, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, 1998.

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