niviarsiaraq
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Greenlandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Inuit *niviaqcǝɣa- (“girl, young unmarried woman”), from Proto-Eskimo *nǝviaʁcǝɣa (“girl, young unmarried woman”). Compare niviarsiaq (“girl, young unmarried woman”), and niviaq (“girl”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
niviarsiaraq (plural niviarsiaqqat)
- girl
- 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:
- Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni.
- Our son has become gay (it was discovered when he was 19 years old), and the youngest girl has become a lesbian.
Declension[edit]
Declension of niviarsiaraq
singular | plural | |
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absolutive | niviarsiaraq | niviarsiaqqat |
ergative | niviarsiaqqap | niviarsiaqqat |
allative | niviarsiaqqamut | niviarsiaqqanut |
ablative | niviarsiaqqamit | niviarsiaqqanit |
prosecutive | niviarsiaqqakkut | niviarsiaqqatigut |
locative | niviarsiaqqami | niviarsiaqqani |
instrumental | niviarsiaqqamik | niviarsiaqqanik |
equative | niviarsiaqqatut | niviarsiaqqatut |