akulleq
Greenlandic
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]akulleq (plural akulliit)
- the middle one, the one in the middle
- 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:
- Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni. Akulleq pissusissamisoortuuvoq.
- Our son has become gay (it was discovered when he was 19 years old), and the youngest girl has become a lesbian. The middle [child] is as she should be [i.e. heterosexual].
Declension
[edit]Declension of akulleq
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | akulleq | akulliit |
| ergative | akulliup | akulliit |
| allative | akullermut | akullernut |
| ablative | akullermit | akullernit |
| prosecutive | akullikkut | akullitigut |
| locative | akullermi | akullerni |
| instrumental | akullermik | akullernik |
| equative | akullertut | akullertut |