qaqqaq

See also: Qaqqaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *qatqa- (“mountain, reach the top”), from Proto-Eskimo *qarǝ-qa- (“mountain, hill, climb up”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /qaqqaq/, [qɑq.qɑq]

Noun

qaqqaq (plural qaqqat)

1. mountain, rock
   • 2017 August 5, Trine Juncher Jørgensen, “Ilisimatusartut qaqqat akissutissarsiorfigaat”, in Sermitsiaq:

     Ilisimatusartut GEUS-imeersut Nuugaatsiap qaqqai misissoqqissaarlugit aallartipput.

     Scientists from GEUS have begun to meticulously investigate the fjelds of Nuugaatsiaq.

Declension

Declension of qaqqaq

case	singular	plural
absolutive	qaqqaq	qaqqat
ergative	qaqqap
allative	qaqqammut	qaqqanut
ablative	qaqqamit	qaqqaniit
prolative	qaqqakkut	qaqqatigut
locative	qaqqami	qaqqani
instrumental	qaqqamik	qaqqanik
equative	qaqqasut

Inuktitut

Noun

qaqqaq

1. mountain

   Synonym: ᖃᖅᑲᖅ (qaqkaq)

See also

• Qaqqaq