nappaassuaq
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Greenlandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]nappaat (“disease”) + -suaq (“big”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nappaassuaq
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{{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 |