suliffik
Greenlandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]suliaq (“work”) + -vik (“place”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]suliffik (plural suliffiit)
- workplace
- working hours, work time
- 2018, Nuuk Ugeavis[1], page 37:
- Suliffik sap.akunneranut nal. Ak. 40-nik sivisussuseqarpoq. Atorfik 01. maj 2018 inuttalerneqarnissaa kissaatigineqarpoq, piaartumik imaluunniit isumaqatigiissuteqarnikkut sulilertoqarsinnaavoq.
- Working hours are 40 hours per week. Accession on 1 May 2018 or by appointment.
- job, position
- 2020, T. J. Jørgensen, Motoori[2], page 22:
- Illoqarfimmi malugisinnaasimavarput inuit tunillatsinnissamut ernumassuteqartut. Qimussertartunulli illoqarfimmiunullu uggornaqaaq, suliffitsik unnuap ingerlanerinnaani annaammassuk
- We have been able to feel locally that people are concerned about the risk of infection. But it's a shame for the sled drivers and the locals who lose their jobs overnight.
Declension
[edit]Declension of suliffik
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | suliffik | suliffiit |
| ergative | suliffiup | suliffiit |
| allative | suliffimmut | suliffinnut |
| ablative | suliffimmit | suliffinnit |
| prosecutive | suliffikkut | suliffitsigut |
| locative | suliffimmi | suliffinni |
| instrumental | suliffimmik | suliffinnik |
| equative | suliffittut | suliffittut |