ivigaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *ǝvǝɣ (“grass”), from Proto-Eskimo *ǝvǝɣ (“grass”). Compare ivik (“grass-straw”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /iviɡaq/, [i.vɪ.ɣɑq]

Noun

ivigaq (plural ivikkat)

1. grass, fine grass

Declension

Declension of ivigaq

case	singular	plural
absolutive	ivigaq	ivikkat
ergative	ivikkap
allative	ivikkamut	ivikkanut
ablative	ivikkamit	ivikkanit
prolative	ivikkakkut	ivikkatigut
locative	ivikkami	ivikkani
instrumental	ivikkamik	ivikkanik
equative	ivikkatut

Derived terms

• ivigaq aappaluartoq (“red fescue”)
• ivigaq eqimattaq (“alpine fescue”)
• ivigaq narsaviarmiu (“Kentucky bluegrass”)
• ivigaq pamiuusalik (“spike trisetum”)
• ivigaq qatsissormiu (“alpine meadow-grass”)
• ivigaq tarajulimmiu (“creeping alkali grass”)
• ivigaq tukattulik (“viviparous sheep's-fescue”)
• ivigaqarfik (“pasture, turf”)
• ivigaqarfittaq (“grazing area”)

References

• ivigaq in Katersat