ammassak

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *aŋmaɣ-raɣ (“small fish”). Cognate with Inupiaq aämaksraq (“rainbow smelt”) and Inuinnaqtun angmagiaq (“capelin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /am.mas.sak/

Noun

ammassak (plural ammassaat)

1. capelin (Mallotus villosus)

Declension

Declension of ammassak

	singular	plural
absolutive	ammassak	ammassaat
ergative	ammassaap	ammassaat
allative	ammassammut	ammassannut
ablative	ammassammit	ammassannit
prosecutive	ammassakkut	ammassatsigut
locative	ammassammi	ammassanni
instrumental	ammassammik	ammassannik
equative	ammassattut	ammassattut

References

• oqaasileriffik