-miit (affix)
THE AFFIX -MIIT
-miit is a verb meaning "to be somewhere".
| illumiittuq | She is in the house. |
| Jalunaimiittugut | We all are in Yellowknfie. |
In the South Qikiqtaaluk dialect -miit deletes any consonant that appears immediately before it:
| sirluaq+miit + tut = | sirluamiittut | They are in the shed. |
| pulaarvik + miit + tuuk= | pulaarvimiittuuk | The two of them are in the living room. |
-miit also shows up in questions:
| Namiippit? | Namiippa? |
| Where are you? | Where is it; Where is he/she? |