-vik is an affix that is added to a verb to indicate a time or place where an action takes place:
| niri- | to eat |
| nirivik | dining room |
This affix can be added directly to roots that end in vowels:
| ani- | to go out |
| anivik | exit; way out |
If it is added to a root ending in -q, it normally changes the final -q to -r :
| pulaaq- | to visit |
| pulaarvik | living room |
When -vik is added to a root ending in -t or -k it normally changes these sounds to -v :
| to arrive | |
| tikivvik | place of arrival; the event of arriving |
| quviasuk- | to be happy |
| quviasuvvik | Christmas (time of happiness) |
Sometimes, however, -vik will delete final -t :
| uqalimaagaq + kkut + vik = | |
| uqalimaagakkuvik | bookshelf |