naatsiiaq
Greenlandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Inuit *naucci-ʁ- (“plant, flower, examine growth”), from Proto-Eskimo *nar(u)-ci- (“to plant, examine plant growth”). Compare naatsiivik (“garden”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]naatsiiaq (plural naatsiiat)
- potato
- 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 153:
- Puugutarsuit nerrivimmi saavaniittut nerisassanik qammipput. Nerisassat taama mamarunartigisut taamalu amerlatigisut takusimanngisaannarpai. Nersussuit neqaat siatat, kukkukuuaqqat siatat, savaaqqat neqaat saaniminertallit siatat, puulukip quttoraa, pølsit assigiinngitsorpassuit, baconit puulukillu siatat, naatsiiat uusut siatallu, puulukit aserortikkat siatat, eertat, guleruuat, miseqqat, ketchup minnerunngitsumillu mamakujuttut pebermyntepastillit. Harryp paasilluarsinnaanngilaa sooq taakku kingulliit nerrivimmut ilineqarsimanersut, aappaatigulli tupiginngilaa.
- The dishes in front of him were now piled with food. He had never seen so many things he liked to eat on one table: roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops and lamb chops, sausages, bacon and steak, boiled potatoes, roast potatoes, chips, Yorkshire pudding, peas, carrots, gravy, ketchup, and, for some strange reason, mint humbugs.
- 2015 July 20, Dorthe Olsen, “Assit: Kangaamiuni kunngikkormiunut uaaeertut”, in Sermitsiaq:
- ... ullumikkullu ilaatigut valmuet assigiinngitsunik qalipaatillit, lupinet, rabarberit, naatsiiaat aamma purløgit naatsiivianiipput
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of naatsiiaq
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | naatsiiaq | naatsiiat |
| ergative | naatsiiap | naatsiiat |
| allative | naatsiiamut | naatsiianut |
| ablative | naatsiiamit | naatsiianit |
| prosecutive | naatsiiakkut | naatsiiatigut |
| locative | naatsiiami | naatsiiani |
| instrumental | naatsiiamik | naatsiianik |
| equative | naatsiiatut | naatsiiatut |