umiartortoq
Appearance
Greenlandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From umiaq (“boat”) + -tor (“use”) + -toq (“one who [verb]s”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]umiartortoq (plural umiartortut)
- sailor
- 1988, “AIDS-INFO”, in Atuagagdliutit:
- Naqitigaaqqat AIDS pillugu paasisitsiniutit Afrikami kujallermi umiarsualivinnut agguaanneqarsimapput umiartortut nappaassuarmut ulorianartumut taassumunnga mianersoqquniarlugit, ...
- Pamphlets informing about AIDS were distributed to harbours in South Africa, so as to warn sailors against this dangerous big disease [nappaassuaq "big disease" might be idiomatic], ...
Declension
[edit]Declension of umiartortoq
singular | plural | |
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absolutive | umiartortoq | umiartortut |
ergative | umiartortup | umiartortut |
allative | umiartortumut | umiartortunut |
ablative | umiartortumit | umiartortunit |
prosecutive | umiartortukkut | umiartortutigut |
locative | umiartortumi | umiartortuni |
instrumental | umiartortumik | umiartortunik |
equative | umiartortutut | umiartortutut |