Greenlandish
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Greenland + -ish, influenced by Norwegian and Danish Grønlandisk.
Adjective [edit]
Greenlandish (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people, or its language.
- 1986, Lee M. Hollander, The Poetic Edda:
- Intimately connected with the question of the date is that of the home of Eddic poetry. There is fair agreement about only two poems: "Atlamál," which is generally allowed to be of Greenlandish origin, and the "Prophecy of Grípir," which no doubt was composed by an Icelander of the twelfth century [...]
- 1986, Lee M. Hollander, The Poetic Edda:
Synonyms [edit]
- (preferred) Greenlandic
- (language only) Kalaallisut
Translations [edit]
of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
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Proper noun [edit]
Greenlandish
- The official language of Greenland, an Eskimo-Aleut language written with the Latin alphabet.
- 1875, Hinrich Rink, Robert Brown, Tales and traditions of the Eskimo:
- Taking it for granted that Greenlandish may be held to represent the Eskimo tongue in general, we shall endeavour to give an idea of its remarkable construction.
- 1996, Hans Goebl, Linguistique de contact:
- The linguistic character of Faroese and Greenlandish are very different, Greenlandish being an Eskimo language whereas Faroese is a Nordic language with roots in Old Norwegian.
- 1875, Hinrich Rink, Robert Brown, Tales and traditions of the Eskimo:
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