Kalaallit Nunaat
Greenlandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Kalaallit (“Greenlanders”) + nunaat (“their country”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)
- Kalaallit Nunaanni nunaqarpunga.
- I live in Greenland.
Northern Sami
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Greenlandic Kalaallit Nunaat.
Proper noun
[edit]Kalaallit Nunaat
- synonym of Ruonáeanan; Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)
- 1981 February 20, Berit Nystad, quoting Arnannguaq Høegh, “Ruovtto[?] oahpu oažžut”, in Sámi Áigi, volume 3, number 7, via National Library of Norway, page 6:
- Jurdda lea cegget sierra kulturviesu Kalaallit Nunaatii (Grønlandii) masa buotlágan dáida ja dáidaoahppu galga čáhkat.
- The idea is to build a special cultural building in Greenland where all kinds of art and art education will take place.
- 1998 [1992], Kirsten Pope, Máret Sárá, Eatnigiella: Fáddagirji 5, 2 edition, Davvi Girji, via National Library of Norway, →ISBN, page 10:
- Ain nuortalis leat čukčat, korjáhkat ja inuhkat Sibirjás, Alaskas, Kanadas ja Kalaallit Nunaaatis.
- Even further east are the Chukchi, Koryaks and Inuit in Siberia, Alaska, Canada and Greenland.
- 2026 January 23, Ingrid Elise Trosten, “Sátnejođiheaddji bivdá USA árvvusatnit Kalaalit Nunaata álbmoga”, in NRK Sápmi[1], NRK, archived from the original on 24 January 2026:
- Kalaalit Nunaata stuorámus minerálagávdnosat leat Kujalleq guovllus, muhto sátnejođiheaddji ii mieđit USA:i beassama dohko nu guhká go USA ii gudnejahte Kalaalit Nunaata ja riikka lágaid.
- Greenland's biggest mineral deposits are in Kujalleq, but the mayor does not endorse the US's access there anymore as the US does not respect Greenland or the law of the land.
Inflection
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| Nominative | Kalaallit Nunaat | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | Kalaallit Nunaata | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | Kalaallit Nunaat | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | Kalaallit Nunaata | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | Kalaallit Nunaata | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | Kalaallit Nunaatii | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | Kalaallit Nunaatis | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | Kalaallit Nunaatiin | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | Kalaallit Nunaatin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Categories:
- Greenlandic compound terms
- Greenlandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Greenlandic lemmas
- Greenlandic proper nouns
- Greenlandic multiword terms
- kl:Islands
- kl:Dependent territories of Denmark
- kl:Places in Denmark
- Greenlandic terms with usage examples
- Northern Sami terms borrowed from Greenlandic
- Northern Sami unadapted borrowings from Greenlandic
- Northern Sami terms derived from Greenlandic
- Northern Sami lemmas
- Northern Sami proper nouns
- Northern Sami multiword terms
- se:Islands
- se:Dependent territories of Denmark
- se:Places in Denmark
- Northern Sami terms with quotations
- Northern Sami odd nouns
- Northern Sami non-gradating odd nouns
- Northern Sami uncountable nouns