Re: Another Thing From Straight Dope

> Regarding the Inuit words -- almost all of them end in -k or -q, I noticed.
> I assume this is a nominative (or absolutive?) marker.
Or probably ergative rather than absolutive in that case (knowing
nothing about the Inuit lang).

Daniel

PS. Sorry if I reply to some very old postings. I've been away
for a week, but didn't want to go nomail.