nappaassuaq
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Greenlandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
nappaat (“disease”) + -suaq (“big”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nappaassuaq
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2="Big disease" -- or is there more to it than that? [http://www.smv.gl/KN/SMV_2007/SMV_03_sundhed_KN_01.pdf] seems to suggest that it is a synonym of <i class="Latn mention" lang="kl">[[kræfti#Greenlandic|kræfti]]</i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">cancer</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. Otherwise, I'd have assumed "pandemic" or "epidemic".
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text{{rfdef}}.- 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 nappaassuaq
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | nappaasuaq | nappaasuit |
| ergative | nappaasuup | nappaasuit |
| allative | nappaasuarmut | nappaasuarnut |
| ablative | nappaasuarmit | nappaasuarnit |
| prosecutive | nappaasuakkut | nappaasuartigut |
| locative | nappaasuarmi | nappaasuarni |
| instrumental | nappaasuarmik | nappaasuarnik |
| equative | nappaasuartut | nappaasuartut |