contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-28 days agoA cool guide collective Nouns for animal groupslemmy.caimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down111file-text
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minus-squaredave@hal9000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoVery interesting, thanks for sharing. Just curious, is -uk just a general suffix to make anything plural, or this is just a one off thing here?
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 days agoYes it is for most words. Goose is niska … the plural is niskuk Beaver is amisk… the plural is amiskuk It’s not a hard rule but it applies to many things, objects and animals.
minus-squaredave@hal9000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoAh thanks, that would explain seeing -uk in so many name places I guess
Very interesting, thanks for sharing. Just curious, is -uk just a general suffix to make anything plural, or this is just a one off thing here?
Yes it is for most words.
Goose is niska … the plural is niskuk
Beaver is amisk… the plural is amiskuk
It’s not a hard rule but it applies to many things, objects and animals.
Ah thanks, that would explain seeing -uk in so many name places I guess