saaneq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *caunǝʁ (“bone, seed”), from Proto-Eskimo *caHunǝʁ (“bone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːnɜq/

Noun

saaneq (plural saanerit, and saarngit, and saarnit)

1. bone
   • 2012, P. Høegh, KNR.gl‎^[1]:

     Saaneq napisoq sapaatip akunneri pingasut allaallu sapaatip akunneri arfinillit ingerlaneranni aatsaat tumarsinnaasarpoq.

     It takes about 3 to 6 weeks before a broken bone grows completely back together.

   • 2013, S. Sørensen, Sermitsiaq.gl‎^[2]:

     Angutimmarik Kreutzmann, tyskit 2. Bundesliga-klubiani Eintracht Hildesheimimi arsaattartoq, novembarip aappaani isikkami aappaani saaneq napivaa pilatsittariaqarlunilu.

     Angutimmarik Kreutzmann, who plays for the German 2. Bundesliga club Eintracht Hildesheim, underwent surgery on November 2 for a fracture of a bone in one foot.

2. knuckle
3. fruit pit

Declension

Declension of saaneq

	singular	plural
absolutive	saaneq	saanerit
ergative	saanerup	saanerit
allative	saanermut	saanernut
ablative	saanermit	saanernit
prosecutive	saanikkut	saanertigut
locative	saanermi	saanerni
instrumental	saanermik	saanernik
equative	saanertut	saanertut

Derived terms

• saanertaq
• saaniku
• saanikuliaq
• saaniluk
• saannappoq
• saannarippoq
• saannarluppoq
• saannerivoq
• saannerpaa
• saannippoq
• saannivoq

References

• saaneq in Katersat
• Lorentzen, S. Den grønlandske ordbog, at oqaasileriffik.gl