umiartortoq
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Greenlandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From umiaq (“boat”) + -tor (“use”) + -toq (“one who [verb]s”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
umiartortoq (plural umiartortut)
- sailor
- 1988, “AIDS-INFO”, in Atuagagdliutit:
- Naqitigaaqqat AIDS pillugu paasisitsiniutit Afrikami kujallermi umiarsualivinnut agguaanneqarsimapput umiartortut nappaassuarmut ulorianartumut taassumunnga mianersoqquniarlugit, ...
- Pamphlets informing about AIDS were distributed to harbours in South Africa, so as to warn sailors against this dangerous big disease [nappaassuaq "big disease" might be idiomatic], ...
Declension[edit]
Declension of umiartortoq
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | umiartortoq | umiartortut |
| ergative | umiartortup | umiartortut |
| allative | umiartortumut | umiartortunut |
| ablative | umiartortumit | umiartortunit |
| prosecutive | umiartortukkut | umiartortutigut |
| locative | umiartortumi | umiartortuni |
| instrumental | umiartortumik | umiartortunik |
| equative | umiartortutut | umiartortutut |