naasoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nau- (“grow up, spring, plant”), from Proto-Eskimo *naru-(ʁ-) (“to grow up, plant”). Compare naavoq (“spring forth, develop”), and nagguik (“origin, stem”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /naasuq/, [nəː.sɔq]

Noun

naasoq (plural naasut)

1. flower, plant

Declension

Declension of naasoq

	singular	plural
absolutive	naasoq	naasut
ergative	naasup	naasut
allative	naasumut	naasunut
ablative	naasumit	naasunit
prosecutive	naasukkut	naasutigut
locative	naasumi	naasuni
instrumental	naasumik	naasunik
equative	naasutut	naasutut