siullermik

Greenlandic

Etymology

Instrumental case form of siulleq.

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /siullirmik/, [sɪ.ʊɬ.ɬɜm.mɪk]

Adverb

siullermik

1. first, the first time
   • 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:

     Nuliaralu siullermik ernertaarpugut, ukiut marluk qaangiummata panmissaarluta,^{[sic – meaning panissaarluta]} sulilu ukiut marluk qaangiuteqqimmata panissaaqqilluta.

     My wife and I first had a son, two years later a daughter, and another two years after that, another daughter.