naleqqiussineq

Greenlandic

Etymology

naleqqiussivoq (“compares with”) +‎ -neq (“abstract participle”)

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /naliqqiussiniq/, [nə.lɜq.qɪ.ʊs.sɪ.nɜq]

Noun

naleqqiussineq

1. scale, geometric proportion
   • 2001 Louise Richter, for the Greenlandic Directorate of Culture, Education, Research and Ecclesiastical Affairs/Inerisaavik: "Kisitsineq/matematikki: Misilitsinnerit, naliliineq, atuartitsineq", p. 54

     Naleqqiussinermi assigiisitamillu^{[sic – meaning assigiissitamillu]} naatsorsuineq.

     Calculation of scale and [solving of] equations.

Declension

Declension of naleqqiussineq

	singular	plural
absolutive	naleqqiussineq	naleqqiussinerit
ergative	naleqqiussinerup	naleqqiussinerit
allative	naleqqiussinermut	naleqqiussinernut
ablative	naleqqiussinermit	naleqqiussinernit
prosecutive	naleqqiussinikkut	naleqqiussinertigut
locative	naleqqiussinermi	naleqqiussinerni
instrumental	naleqqiussinermik	naleqqiussinernik
equative	naleqqiussinertut	naleqqiussinertut