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This affix is used to indicate a group of people, consisting of N - usually a name or some other noun denoting a person - and his/her companions or family. It can be compared to the English suffix 's as in the Johnson**'s**, the Peterson**'s** etc.

Given the meaning, the affix is only used with plural endings, so we do not give a full declension pattern. However, it behaves like a regular, weak q-stem, i.e. -kkut, -kkunut etc. It is seldom followed by another affix, but N{miuq}N may occasionally follow it, yielding -kkormiut, thus revealing that the affix indeed is a weak q-stem, even though the /q/ is never seen, except in one of these rare combinations with an additive affix.

Note that, despite the apparent similarity in the new orthography, this affix is not the same as the Vialis unmarked singular case marker N{-kkut}.

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