"-u" meaning in Inuktitut

See -u in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: \u\ Forms: -ᐅ
  1. (Suffixe nominal produisant un verbe) Être, exister.
    Sense id: fr--u-iu-suffix-wXaKJ9d2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Suffixes en inuktitut, Inuktitut

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Suffixes en inuktitut",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Inuktitut",
      "orig": "inuktitut",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ᐅ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Syllabaire"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Inuktitut",
  "lang_code": "iu",
  "notes": [
    "Ce suffixe supprime les consonnes k et q le précédant puis :\n:* S’il suit une voyelle seule, il demeure -u : matu + -u + -juq = matuujuq — C’est une porte.\n:* S’il suit deux voyelles, il devient -ngu : ningiuq + -u + -juq = ningiungujuq — C’est une femme âgée.\n:* S’il suit la consonne t, il devient -iu : pingajuat + -u +-juq = pingajuatiujuq — C’est mercredi.",
    "Ce suffixe ne peut se trouver en position terminale et doit donc être suivi d’un autre suffixe."
  ],
  "pos": "suffix",
  "pos_title": "Suffixe",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ᐃᒡᓘᔪᖅ. Igluujuq.",
          "translation": "C’est une maison."
        },
        {
          "text": "ᐅᑯᐊᖑᔪᑦ. Ukuangujut.",
          "translation": "Ce sont ceux-là."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(Suffixe nominal produisant un verbe) Être, exister."
      ],
      "id": "fr--u-iu-suffix-wXaKJ9d2"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\u\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "morpheme"
  ],
  "word": "-u"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Suffixes en inuktitut",
    "inuktitut"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ᐅ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Syllabaire"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Inuktitut",
  "lang_code": "iu",
  "notes": [
    "Ce suffixe supprime les consonnes k et q le précédant puis :\n:* S’il suit une voyelle seule, il demeure -u : matu + -u + -juq = matuujuq — C’est une porte.\n:* S’il suit deux voyelles, il devient -ngu : ningiuq + -u + -juq = ningiungujuq — C’est une femme âgée.\n:* S’il suit la consonne t, il devient -iu : pingajuat + -u +-juq = pingajuatiujuq — C’est mercredi.",
    "Ce suffixe ne peut se trouver en position terminale et doit donc être suivi d’un autre suffixe."
  ],
  "pos": "suffix",
  "pos_title": "Suffixe",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ᐃᒡᓘᔪᖅ. Igluujuq.",
          "translation": "C’est une maison."
        },
        {
          "text": "ᐅᑯᐊᖑᔪᑦ. Ukuangujut.",
          "translation": "Ce sont ceux-là."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(Suffixe nominal produisant un verbe) Être, exister."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\u\\"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "morpheme"
  ],
  "word": "-u"
}

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