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

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

Derived terms

• nunasiaqarneq (“colonialism”)