imaneq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *imanǝʁ (“clam”), from Proto-Eskimo *iman(a)- (“clam”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /imaniq/, [y.mə.nɜq]

Noun

imaneq (plural imanerit or imarngit or imarnit)

1. sand gaper, soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria)

Declension

Declension of imaneq

case	singular	plural
absolutive	imaneq	imanerit
ergative	imanerup
allative	imanermut	imanernut
ablative	imanermit	imanernit
prolative	imanikkut	imanertigut
locative	imanermi	imanerni
instrumental	imanermik	imanernik
equative	imanertut

References

• oqaasileriffik