nunasiaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

nuna (“land”) +‎ -siaq (“acquired”)

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /nunasiaq/, [nʉ.nə.sɪ.ɑq]

Noun

nunasiaq (plural nunasiat)

1. colony

Declension

Declension of nunasiaq

	singular	plural
absolutive	nunasiaq	nunasiat
ergative	nunasiap	nunasiat
allative	nunasiamut	nunasianut
ablative	nunasiamit	nunasianit
prosecutive	nunasiakkut	nunasiatigut
locative	nunasiami	nunasiani
instrumental	nunasiamik	nunasianik
equative	nunasiatut	nunasiatut

Derived terms

• nunasiaqarneq (“colonialism”)