agiaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *aɣi-aʁ- (“file, grindstone”), from Proto-Eskimo *aɣi- (“file, sharpen”). Compare agiarpoq (“files, rubs”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /aɡiaq/, [a.ɣɪ.ɑq]

Noun

agiaq (plural agissat)

1. violin
   • 2012, H. Broberg, Sermitsiaq AG‎^[1]:

     Kikkut tamarmik nalunngilaat agiaq qanoq nipeqassanngitsoq, hiistit pamiuinnit agiaq tagiarneqartillugu.

     Everyone knows how it should not sound when the horsehair of a violin bow is incorrectly pulled on a violin.

2. (obsolete) old shamanic term meaning rubbing stone
3. basalt.

   Synonyms: agiamineq, basalti

Declension

Declension of agiaq

	singular	plural
absolutive	agiaq	agissat
ergative	agissap	agissat
allative	agissamut	agissanut
ablative	agissamit	agissanit
prosecutive	agissakkut	agissatigut
locative	agissami	agissani
instrumental	agissaamik	agissanik
equative	agissatut	agissatut

References

• agiaq in Katersat
• agiaq in Katersat