19 ilajaakka

Vocabulary
parnattuq
preparations to leave (he/she is making...)
uik
husband
nuliaq
wife
aippaq
spouse; partner; common-law
amauq
great-grandfather
amauqpaaq
great-great grandfather
irngutaq
grandchild
attak
aunt (father’s sister)
ajak
aunt (mother’s sister)
akkak
uncle (father’s brother)
angak
uncle (mother’s brother)
airaapik
sister-in-law (brother’s wife)
sakiaq
sister-in-law (husband’s sister)
airaapik
brother-in-law (sister’s husband)
illuq
cousin
illukuluapik
cousins (both female)
illuarjuk
cousins (both male)
sakik
parents-in-law
sakiqpaaq
grandparents-in-law
illuralaaq
cabin
illuralaattinnut
cabin (to my/our...)
malittuq
follows; comes along (he/she...)

Grammar

37 » Possession (advanced)

There are ways of expressing two or even three levels of relationships within the same sentence, i.e. when the possessor has its own possessor:

anaanaga my mother
anaanama aninga my mother's brother
anaanama aningik my mother’s two brothers
anaanama aningit my mother’s brothers (3+)

The -ma ending relates the root word back to me, but it also relates the root to another person or people.

Note that the word that follows -ma must take the ending -nga (in the singular), -ngik in the dual or -ngit in the plural to show that it is part of the possessive relationship.

The ending -ma could be followed by an object as well as a person:

nukaq a younger sibling of the same sex
nukarma umianga my younger sibling’s boat
   
panik daughter
paningma nunakkuurutinga my daughter’s car

Note also in the above examples that -ma changes the final -k of a noun root to -ng and final -q to -r, while -nga deletes a preceding consonant.

The following table sets out the variations of this type of construction:

-ma  
anaanama aninga my mother's brother
   
-mnuk  
anaanamnuk aninga our (2) mother’s brother
   
-pta  
anaanapta aninga our (3+) mother’s brother
   
-vit  
anaanavit aninga your (1) mother's brother
   
-ptik  
anaanaptik aninga the brother of your (2) mother
   
-pti  
anaanapti aninga the brother of your (3+) mother
   
-ngata  
anaanangata aninga his/her mother's brother
   
-ngakta  
anaanangakta aninga the brother of their (2) mother
   
-ngita anaanangita aninga
anaanangita aninga the brother of their (3+) mother

 

Remember, in the third person, if you want to name the possessor, you add the ending -up to the end of the name or noun:

Piitaup nunakkurutinga Peter’s car
angutiup qimmingit the man’s dogs

From the table above, we can use the endings -ngata (singular) and -ngita (dual/plural) to build even more complex layers of relationships:

ataatama piqatingata umianga my father’s friend’s boat; the boat of my father’s friend
piqativit nuliangata aninga your friend’s wife’s brother; the brother of your wife’s friend
Piitaup nunakkurutingata kiinga the key to Peter’s car
angutiup qimmingita anungit the man’s dogs’ harnesses; the harnesses of the man’s dogs