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.

Related terms

• red-inker

Anagrams

• -kiren, Ikner, Kerin, Kiner, Krein, Rinke, reink

Middle English

Alternative forms

• incker, ȝinker, unker, gunker, ȝunker

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	me		min mi1	min
	2nd-person		þou	þe		þin þi1	þin
	3rd-person	m	he	him hine2	him	his	his hisen
		f	sche, heo	hire heo	hire		hire hires, hiren
		n	hit		hit him2	his, hit	—
dual3	1st-person		wit	unk		unker
	2nd-person		ȝit	inc		inker
plural	1st-person		we	us, ous		oure	oure oures, ouren
	2nd-person4		ye	yow		your	your youres, youren
	3rd-person	inh.	he	hem he2	hem	here	here heres, heren
		bor.	þei	þem, þeim		þeir	þeir 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

• “inker, pron. poss. dual.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 26 May 2018.