aqqanillit

Greenlandic

**Greenlandic numbers ^(edit)**
← 10	11 11	12 →
Cardinal: aqqanillit Ordinal: aqqarnat

Etymology

Starostin suggests Proto-Inuit *atqa-nǝʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *atʁa-. Fortescue suggests, via aqqaneq (“eleven, numeral base”), from aqqarpoq (“descends”) itself derived from Proto-Eskimo *at(ə)- (“down”), i.e. "that which is provided when one has descended" (when one reaches the toe having reached ten using the fingers).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aq.qaniɬ.ɬit/

Numeral

aqqanillit

eleven

Synonyms

(North Greenland) isikkaneq

References

aqqanillit in Katersat
Fortescue, Michael; Jacobson, Steven; Kaplan, Lawrence (2010). Comparative Eskimo Dictionary with Aleut Cognates, Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
Starostin, George (ed.) 2011-2019. The Global Lexicostatistical Database, Moscow: Higher School of Economics, & Santa Fe: Santa Fe Institute. Available online at http://starling.rinet.ru/new100/