neqissaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /niqissaq/, [nɜ.qɪs.sɑq]

Noun

neqissaq (plural neqissat)

1. food, nourishment

Declension

Declension of neqissaq

case	singular	plural
absolutive	neqissaq	neqissat
ergative	neqissap
allative	neqissamut	neqissanut
ablative	neqissamit	neqissanit
prolative	neqissakkut	neqissatigut
locative	neqissami	neqissani
instrumental	neqissamik	neqissanik
equative	neqissatut