qulingiluat
Appearance
Greenlandic
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Cardinal: qulingiluat Ordinal: qulingiluaat |
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Eskimo *quləŋŋuʀutəŋit- (“nine”), originally from *qulə(t) (“ten”) + *-ŋŋur (“become”) + *-utǝ (“do with”) + *-ŋit (“lack”), literally "lacking in becoming ten".
Pronunciation
[edit]Numeral
[edit]qulingiluat
- nine
- 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
- Teknikerit 28-vit isiginnaartitsisartullu qulinigiluat[sic – meaning qulingiluat] Tunumiisimanertik naammagisimaaqaat.
- The 28 technicians and nine actors [something] their stay in Tunu.
Synonyms
[edit]- (North Greenland) qulaaluat
- (South Greenland) arfineq-sisamat