-qquuq- | Inuit Uqausinginnik Taiguusiliuqtiit

Infix

adds a lack of certainty to a statement by the speaker: something is likely or probable; something may be the case

Related Examples

pijariiqquuqtugut

We are probably done.

It would probably be better that way.

It may be the last one.

I don’t think I understand it properly.

It seems quite clear

it sounds like it might be the river

I think he’s come to pick her up.

She has probably learned it.

I think he is running.

I thought I heard something

Morphology

Morphology Notes

This affix deletes a consonant sound that precedes it.

Linguistic Details

Behaviour

added to a verb, followed by a verb ending