bakteria noqartitsisartoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From bakteria (“bacteria”) +‎ noqartorpaa (“tightens”) +‎ -tit (“causes”) +‎ -si (“intransitivizer”) +‎ -sar (“repetitively”) +‎ -toq (“intransitive participle”), i.e. bacteria which causes tightening (of the muscles).

Noun

bakteria noqartitsisartoq

1. tetanus bacterium