apusineq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From aput (“snow”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /apusiniq/, [a.pʊ.sɪ.nɜq]

Noun

apusineq (plural apusinerit)

1. snowdrift
   • 2014, A.M. Olsvig, Tamanut‎^[1], page 26:

     Apusinerit akunnerit arlaqanngitsut ingerlanerinnaanni sisoortarfinngortinneqarput, - inersimasunut meeqqanullu apummi pinnguarneq.

     In a few hours, the snowdrifts were turned into snow slides - playing in snow, both large and small.

Declension

Declension of apusineq

	singular	plural
absolutive	apusineq	apusinerit
ergative	apusinerup	apusinerit
allative	apusinermut	apusinernut
ablative	apusinermit	apusinernit
prosecutive	apusinikkut	apusinertigut
locative	apusinermi	apusinerni
instrumental	apusinermik	apusinernik
equative	apusinertut	apusinertut

Synonyms

• aputip qingartagaa

References

• apusineq in Katersat