arnaqatiminoortartoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From arnaq (“woman”) +‎ -qatï (“fellow”) +‎ -minut (“to her (allative poss.3.refl.sg)”) +‎ -Vr (“go to [after allative]”) +‎ -tar (“habitually”) +‎ -toq (“agent noun”), therefore "one who habitually goes to her fellow women".

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /arnaqatiminuurtartuq/, [ɑn.nɑ.qə.t͡sy.mɪ.nɔʶːt.tɑt.tɔq]

Noun

arnaqatiminoortartoq (plural arnaqatiminoortartut)

1. lesbian
   • 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

Declension of arnaqatiminoortartoq

	singular	plural
absolutive	arnaqatiminoortartoq	arnaqatiminoortartut
ergative	arnaqatiminoortartup	arnaqatiminoortartut
allative	arnaqatiminoortartumut	arnaqatiminoortartunut
ablative	arnaqatiminoortartumit	arnaqatiminoortartunit
prosecutive	arnaqatiminoortartukkut	arnaqatiminoortartutigut
locative	arnaqatiminoortartumi	arnaqatiminoortartuni
instrumental	arnaqatiminoortartumik	arnaqatiminoortartunik
equative	arnaqatiminoortartutut	arnaqatiminoortartutut

Synonyms

• arnaqatiminoortoq (less frequent)