qaammat

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *qauma- (“dawn, daylight, bright, light”), from Proto-Eskimo *qaʁma- (“light, bright, dawn, daylight”). Compare qaamavoq (“is bright, shines”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /qaammat/, [qəːm.mət]

Noun

qaammat (plural qaamassutit)

1. moon
2. month
   • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

     BBC-p qaammatini marlunni filmiliornini TV-mi takutittagassaq tuluit ilisimasassarsiortuannut Sir Ernerst Schackleton-imut tunngasoq naammassigaat

     BBC has finished two months of filming for a TV series about English explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton

Declension

Declension of qaammat

	singular	plural
absolutive	qaammat	qaammatit
ergative	qaammatip	qaammatit
allative	qaammammut	qaammatinut
ablative	qaammammit	qaammatinit
prosecutive	qaammatikkut	qaammatitigut
locative	qaammammi	qaammatini
instrumental	qaammammik	qaammatinik
equative	qaammatitut	qaammatitut

References

• qaammat in Katersat