The affix -miutaq- means, someone who comes from the place described by the root of the word:
Iqalummiutaq | someone from Iqaluit |
Kimmirummiutaq | someone from Kimmirut |
Kinngarmiutaq | someone from Kinngait |
Panniqtuurmiutaq | someone from Panniqtuuq |
Qikiqtarjuarmiutaq | someone from Qikiqtarjuaq |
As we see in the above examples, -miutaq can appear at the end of a word. But we can also build onto it to talk about different people. We do this by adding the verb -u- to the the end of -miutaq- and follow it with a verb ending:
Iqalummiutaujunga | I am from Iqaluit. |
Qikiqtarjuarmiutaujunga | I am from Qikiqtarjuaq. |
We can easily change the verb ending to talk about different people:
Iqalummiutaujuguk | We (2) are from Iqaluit. |
Qikiqtarjuarmiutaujusi | You (3+) are from Qikiqtarjuaq. |
We can also add -miutaq- to the question root nami- (meaning where?) to create a question:
nami + miutaq + u + vit? = | namimiutauvit? |
Where are you from? |