anguteqatiminoortartoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From angut (“man”) +‎ -qatï (“fellow”) +‎ -minut (“towards his (allative poss.3.refl.sg)”) +‎ -Vr (“go to [after allative]”) +‎ -tar (“habitual behaviour”) +‎ -toq (“agent noun”), therefore "one who habitually goes towards his fellow men".

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /aŋutiqatiminuurtartuq/, [a.ŋʊ.tɜ.qə.t͡sy.mɪ.nɔʶːt.tɑt.tɔq]

Noun

anguteqatiminoortartoq (plural anguteqatiminoortartut)

1. homosexual man
   • 1992, Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten, Meeqqakka‎^[1]:

     Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni.

     Our son has become gay (it was discovered when he was 19 years old), and the youngest girl has become a lesbian.

   • 2014, K. Kruse, Sermitsiaq AG‎^[2]:

     Atassutip Inuusuttai sinnerlugit Inatsisartunut qinigassanngortittoq, ajoqi Kajpeter Heinrich, isumaqarpoq piffissanngortoq anguteqatiminoortartut meeravissiartaartalernissaannut

     Atassut youth's candidate for the Inatsisartut election, catechist Kajpeter Heinrich, believes that the time has come for male homosexuals to also have the right to adopt children.

Declension

Declension of anguteqatiminoortartoq

case	singular	plural
absolutive	anguteqatiminoortartoq	anguteqatiminoortartut
ergative	anguteqatiminoortartup
allative	anguteqatiminoortartumut	anguteqatiminoortartunut
ablative	anguteqatiminoortartumit	anguteqatiminoortartunit
prolative	anguteqatiminoortartukkut	anguteqatiminoortartutigut
locative	anguteqatiminoortartumi	anguteqatiminoortartuni
instrumental	anguteqatiminoortartumik	anguteqatiminoortartunik
equative	anguteqatiminoortartutut

Synonyms

• anguteqatiminoortoq (less frequent)

See also

• arnaqatiminoortartoq (“lesbian”)