naatsiiaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *naucci-ʁ- (“plant, flower, examine growth”), from Proto-Eskimo *nar(u)-ci- (“to plant, examine plant growth”). Compare naatsiivik (“garden”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /naatsiiaq/, [nəːt.t͡sɪː.ɑq]

Noun

naatsiiaq (plural naatsiiat)

1. 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

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Declension

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

Synonyms

• kartoffeli
• eertaasaq
• issuusaq

Further reading

• DAKA