kinguneq

Greenlandic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Ostensibly kingu- + +neq, where kingu- is kingupput "they [animals] have emigrated".”)

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /kiŋuniq/, [kɪ.ŋʊ.nɜq]

Noun

kinguneq (plural kingunerit)

1. result, consequence
   • 2017 July 20, Walter Turnowsky, “Siumup inuusuttaat qinersinissamut akerliupput”, in Sermitsiaq:

     Siumumi siulittaasunngorniunnerup ikerinnakkut qinersineq kingunerisinnaavaa.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of kinguneq

case	singular	plural
absolutive	kinguneq	kingunerit
ergative	kingunerup
allative	kingunermut	kingunernut
ablative	kingunermit	kingunernit
prolative	kingunikkut	kingunertigut
locative	kingunermi	kingunerni
instrumental	kingunermik	kingunernik
equative	kingunertut

References

• DAKA