aagiak

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *ạ(r)uɣ (“blood, clotted blood”), from Proto-Eskimo *aruɣ (“blood”). Compare aak (“blood”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /aaɡiak/, [aː.ɣɪ.ək]

Noun

aagiak (plura aagiaat, and aagissat)

1. blood clot, thrombus

Declension

Declension of aagiak

	singular	plural
absolutive	aagiak	aagissat
ergative	aagissap	aagissat
allative	aagissamut	aagissanut
ablative	aagissamit	aagissanit
prosecutive	aagissakkut	aagissatigut
locative	aagissami	aagissani
instrumental	aagissamik	aagissanik
equative	aagissatut	aagisatut

References

• aagiak in Katersat