tinupasoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /tinupasuq/, [t͡sɪ.nʊ.pə.sɔq]

Noun

tinupasoq (plural tinupasut)

1. pimple, lump (on the skin)
   • 1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit

     Siggunni seerisut tassaapput herpes taakkulu qallunaatut taaguutit nuannarineqartut "forkølelses- imlt. kyssesår" atorneqarput, kiinami tinupasunut seerisunut, pingaartumik siggunni.

     ["Leakings/leakers"? (seerivoq + -toq)] on the mouth are herpes, and the Danish popular [probably a mistranslation of populær, which also means "widely used"] terms "forkølelses- or kyssesår" are used about leaking lumps in the face, especially on the mouth.

Declension

Declension of tinupasoq

	singular	plural
absolutive	tinupasoq	tinupasut
ergative	tinupasup	tinupasut
allative	tinupasumut	tinupasunut
ablative	tinupasumit	tinupasunit
prosecutive	tinupasukkut	tinupasutigut
locative	tinupasumi	tinupasuni
instrumental	tinupasumik	tinupasunik
equative	tinupasutut	tinupasutut

Further reading

• DAKA