neqi

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nǝqǝ (“meat, food, cook a meal”), from Proto-Eskimo *nǝqǝ (“meat, food”). Compare neqissaq (“food, nourishment”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /niqi/, [nɜ.qɪ]

Noun

neqi (plural neqit)

1. meat
2. seal meat

Declension

Declension of neqi

case	singular	plural
absolutive	neqi	neqit
ergative	neqip
allative	neqimut	neqinut
ablative	neqimit	neqinit
prolative	neqikkut	neqitigut
locative	neqimi	neqini
instrumental	neqimik	neqinik
equative	neqitut

Derived terms

• neqigaa (“has it as food, is nourished by it”)
• neqitaq (“bait”), neqitassaq (“bait”)
• neqitorpoq (“eats meat”)
• neqiuumasoq (“carnivore”)