naqitigaaraq
Greenlandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]naqitigaq (“printed matter”) + -araq (“little”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]naqitigaaraq (plural naqitigaaqqat)
- leaflet, pamphlet, flier
- 1988, “AIDS-INFO”, in Atuagagdliutit:
- Naqitigaaqqat AIDS pillugu paasisitsiniutit Afrikami kujallermi umiarsualivinnut agguaanneqarsimapput umiartortut nappaassuarmut ulorianartumut taassumunnga mianersoqquniarlugit, ...
- Pamphlets informing about AIDS were distributed to harbours in South Africa, so as to warn sailors against this dangerous big disease [nappaassuaq "big disease" might be idiomatic], ...
Declension
[edit]Declension of naqitigaaraq
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | naqitigaaraq | naqitigaaqqat |
| ergative | naqitigaaqqap | naqitigaaqqat |
| allative | naqitigaaqqamut | naqitigaaqqanut |
| ablative | naqitigaaqqamit | naqitigaaqqanit |
| prosecutive | naqitigaaqqakkut | naqitigaaqqatigut |
| locative | naqitigaaqqami | naqitigaaqqani |
| instrumental | naqitigaaqqamik | naqitigaaqqanik |
| equative | naqitigaaqqatut | naqitigaaqqatut |