inker

English

Etymology

ink +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪŋ.kə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪŋ.kɚ/
  • Homophone: Inca (in non-rhotic accents)
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋkə(ɹ)

Noun

inker (plural inkers)

  1. A person or device that applies ink.
  2. In comic book production, a person who outlines and otherwise embellishes the artwork of a penciler in preparation for publishing.
  3. A tattoo artist.

Anagrams

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English incer, genitive form of ġit, from Proto-Germanic *inkweraz, possessive form of *jut. Initial /j/ is due to the influence of ȝit.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈinkər/, /ˈunkər/, /ˈjinkər/, /ˈjunkər/

Determiner

inker (nominative pronoun ȝit)

  1. (Early Middle English) Second-person dual possessive determiner: both of your.

See also
Middle English personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative genitive possessive
singular 1st-person I, ich, ik memin
mi1		min
2nd-person þou þeþin
þi1		þin
3rd-person m hehim
hine2		himhishis
hisen
f sche, heohire
heo		 hirehire
hires, hiren
n hithit
him2		his, hit—
dual3 1st-person wit unk unker
2nd-person ȝit inc inker
plural 1st-person we us, ousoureoure
oures, ouren
2nd-person4 ye yowyouryour
youres, youren
3rd-person inh. hehem
he2		hemherehere
heres, heren
bor. þei þem, þeimþeirþeir
þeires, þeiren

1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Pronoun

inker (nominative wit)

  1. (Early Middle English) First-person dual genitive pronoun: both of yours, the two of yours.

References
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