aallaqqaat

Greenlandic

Etymology

aallarpoq (“begin”) +‎ -qqaaq (“something newly [verb]ed”) +‎ -ut (“owned [noun]”), thus "owned thing newly begun".

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /aallaqqaat/, [aːɬ.ɬɑq.qəːt]

Noun

aallaqqaat

  1. beginning, introduction

Declension

Declension of aallaqqaat
case singular plural
absolutive aallaqqaat aallaqqaatit
ergative aallaqqaatip
allative aallaqqaammut aallaqqaatinut
ablative aallaqqaammit aallaqqaatinit
prolative aallaqqaatikkut aallaqqaatitigut
locative aallaqqaammi aallaqqaatini
instrumental aallaqqaammik aallaqqaatinik
equative aallaqqaatitut

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