aaneq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From aavoq (“is rotten”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /aaniq/, [aː.nɜq]

Noun

aaneq (plural aanerit, and arngit, and aarnit)

1. decay, weathering
2. rotten piece of wood
3. a rotten mountain, waste
   • 2017, S.D. Monrad, Nuuk Ugeavis‎^[1], page 21:

     Eqqakkanik angisuunik aqquserngup sin aanut inissitat kommunip aaneq ajorpai, aammalu aqqusinerngup eqqaani imaluunniit sumiiffinni allani igitsiffiusussaanngitsuni igitsisarneq inerteqqutaavoq.

     The municipality does not collect bulky rubbish at the roadside, and it is illegal to place rubbish by the road or other places where it does not belong.

Declension

Declension of aaneq

	singular	plural
absolutive	aaneq	aanerit
ergative	aanerup	aanerit
allative	aanermut	aanernut
ablative	aanermit	aanernit
prosecutive	aanikkut	aanertigut
locative	aanermi	aanerni
instrumental	aanermik	aanernik
equative	aanertut	aanertut

References

• aaneq in Katersat
• DAKA
• Lorentzen, S. Den grønlandske ordbog, at oqaasileriffik.gl