Grammar » 20 » The Affix -vik

-vik is an affix that is added to a verb to indicate a time or place where an action takes place:

nigik- to eat
nigipvik dining room

Most speakers will change a -k sound that comes before -vik to -p:

anik- to go out
anipvik exit; way out
   
sinik- to sleep
sinipvik bedroom
   
pulâk- to visit
pulâpvik living room

 

Some speakers, though, will change the -k sound to a -g sound; others may use an -ff sound:

anigvik aniffik
sinigvik siniffik
pulâgvik pulâffik

 

Another example:

tikik- to arrive
tikipvik / tikigvik / tikiffvik 
 
place of arrival;
arrival hall (airport)