imeq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *əməq, from Proto-Eskimo *əməʀ. Cognate with Inuktitut ᐃᒥᖅ (imiq), Inupiaq imiq.

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /imiq/, [y.mɜq]

Noun

imeq (plural ermit, and erngit, and ernit, and imit)

1. water

Derived terms

• imeqarfik (“reservoir”)
• imeq minguttoq (“wastewater”)

References

• Ernst Hakon Jahr, Ingvild Broch, Language Contact in the Arctic (1996, →ISBN, page 225

Võro

Alternative forms

• imeh

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *imeh.

Noun

imeq (genitive imme, partitive imet)

1. miracle

Declension

Inflection of imeq

	singular	plural
nominative	imeq	immeq
accusative	imme	immeq
genitive	imme	immide imete
partitive	imet	immit
illative	immehe	immihe imetehe
inessive	immen immehn	immin imeten immihn imetehn
elative	immest	immist imetest
allative	immele	immile imetele
adessive	immel	immil imetel
ablative	immelt	immilt imetelt
translative	immes	immis imetes
terminative	immeniq	imminiq imeteniq
abessive	immeldäq	immildäq imeteldäq
comitative	immegäq	immidegäq imetegäq