nukarleq
Greenlandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Inuit *nukaqliq, from *nukaq + *qliq. Analysable as nukaq (“youngest sibling”) + -rleq (“one most or furthest in a direction”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nukarleq (plural nukarliit)
- the youngest
- 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:
- Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni.
- Our son has become gay (it was discovered when he was 19 years old), and the youngest girl has become a lesbian.
Declension
[edit]| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | nukarleq | nukarliit |
| ergative | nukarliup | |
| allative | nukarlermut | nukarlernut |
| ablative | nukarlermit | nukarlernit |
| prolative | nukarlikkut | nukarlitigut |
| locative | nukarlermi | nukarlerni |
| instrumental | nukarlermik | nukarlernik |
| equative | nukarlertut | |
Further reading
[edit]- “nukarleq“ in iserasuaat.gl