immannguaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare -nnguaq (“small”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /immaŋŋuaq/, [ym.məŋ.ŋʊ.ʷɑq]

Adverb

immannguaq

1. a little bit, a small amount

   Immannguaq kalaallisut oqaluttarpoq.

   He speaks a little Greenlandic.

References

• Oqaasileriffik (2018) Greenlandic-English Dictionary‎^[1]

• Stian Lybech, An Introduction to West Greenlandic, 2022, p. 234