suliffeqarfik

Greenlandic

Etymology

suliffik (“job, workplace”) +‎ -qar (“has, there are”) +‎ -vik (“place, time”), thus "place where there are jobs".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.lif.fɜ.qɑf.fik/

Noun

suliffeqarfik (plural suliffeqarfiit)

1. company, firm, institution
   • 2015, P. F. Rex, Tamanut‎^[1], page 10:

     Kalaallit Nunaanni suliffeqarfippassuit pissusaasa allanngortinnissaat kissaatigaarput, ilitsersuinerlu aamma ilinniartitsineq suliatta ilagaat, taamaalilluni suliffeqarfiit namminneq sulliviit avatangiisiinik naliliisarnissaat anguniarlugu...

     We want a change of attitude in many Greenlandic companies, and part of our work is also about guiding and teaching so that the companies themselves can assess their working environment.

Declension

Declension of suliffeqarfik

	singular	plural
absolutive	suliffeqarfik	suliffeqarfiit
ergative	suliffeqarfiup	suliffeqarfiit
allative	suliffeqarfimmut	suliffeqarfinnut
ablative	suliffeqarfimmit	suliffeqarfinnit
prosecutive	suliffeqarfikkut	suliffeqarfitsigut
locative	suliffeqarfimmi	suliffeqarfinni
instrumental	suliffeqarfimmik	suliffeqarfinnik
equative	suliffeqarfittut	suliffeqarfittut

Derived terms

• suliffeqarfissuaq (“corporation”)

References

• oqaasileriffik
• DAKA