imaq

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Greenlandic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Inuit *ịmạ-, from Proto-Eskimo *ima-. Cognate of Inuktitut ᐃᒪᖅ (imaq).

Noun[edit]

imaq (plural imat)

  1. sea, ocean.
    Isivit takuai, ilulissat immami. ― Your eyes are seeing, icebergs at the ocean. (from the song Seqineq)
Declension[edit]
Declension of imaq
singular plural
absolutive imaq immat
ergative immap immat
allative immamut immanut
ablative immamit immaniit
prosecutive immakkut immatigut
locative immami immani
instrumental immamik immanik
equative immatut immatut

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Inuit *ima (“fill, contain, contents”), from Proto-Eskimo *ima (“fill, contents”).

Noun[edit]

imaq (plural imaatit, and imarutit)

  1. content, contents

Inuktitut[edit]

Noun[edit]

imaq

  1. Latin spelling of ᐃᒪᖅ (imaq)
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