erneq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *iʀnǝq, from Proto-Eskimo *iʁnǝʁ. Cognate of Inuktitut ᐃᕐᓂᖅ (irniq) and Inupiaq iġñiq.

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /irniq/, [ɜn.nɜq]

Noun

erneq (plural ernerit)

1. son
   • 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:

     Nuliaralu siullermik ernertaarpugut, ukiut marluk qaangiummata panmissaarluta,^{[sic – meaning panissaarluta]} sulilu ukiut marluk qaangiuteqqimmata panissaaqqilluta.

     My wife and I first had a son, two years later a daughter, and another two years after that, another daughter.

   • 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 4:

     Aappariit erneeraqarput Dudleymik atilimmik. Aappariit isumaqarput ernertik silarsuarmi asseqanngitsoq.

     The Dursleys had a small son called Dudley and in their opinion there was no finer boy [son] anywhere.

Declension

Declension of erneq

case	singular	plural
absolutive	erneq	ernerit
ergative	ernerup
allative	ernermut	ernernut
ablative	ernermit	ernernit
prolative	ernikkut	ernertigut
locative	ernermi	ernerni
instrumental	ernermik	ernernik
equative	ernertut

References

• “erneq“ in iserasuaat.gl
• erneq in Katersat

Yup'ik

Etymology

From erte- (“to dawn”) +‎ -neq (postbase meaning a thing that results from -ing).

Noun

erneq

1. day (24-hour period or day as opposed to night)