nanoq

Greenlandic

Alternative forms

• nanoĸ (Kleinschmidt Orthography)

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nanu- (“polar bear”), from Proto-Eskimo *nanu- (“polar bear”). Cognates include Inuktitut ᓇᓄᖅ (nanoq).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /nanuq/, [nə.nɔq]

Noun

nanoq (plural nannut)

1. bear
2. polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

   Angut nannumit toqunneqarpoq.

   The man was killed by a polar bear.

Declension

Declension of nanoq

case	singular	plural
absolutive	nanoq	nannut
ergative	nannup
allative	nannumut	nannunut
ablative	nannumit	nannunit
prolative	nannukkut	nannutigut
locative	nannumi	nannuni
instrumental	nannumik
equative	nannutut

References

• nanoq in Katersat
• “nanoq“ in iserasuaat.gl