qaammat

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *qauma- (“dawn, daylight, bright, light”), from Proto-Eskimo *qaʁma- (“light, bright, dawn, daylight”). Compare qaamavoq (“is bright, shines”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /qaammat/, [qəːm.mət]

Noun

qaammat (plural qaamassutit)

1. moon
2. month
   • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

     BBC-p qaammatini marlunni filmiliornini TV-mi takutittagassaq tuluit ilisimasassarsiortuannut Sir Ernerst^[sic] Schackleton^[sic]-imut tunngasoq naammassigaat

     BBC has completed two months of filming for a TV series about British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton

Declension

Declension of qaammat

case	singular	plural
absolutive	qaammat	qaammatit
ergative	qaammatip
allative	qaammammut	qaammatinut
ablative	qaammammit	qaammatinit
prolative	qaammatikkut	qaammatitigut
locative	qaammammi	qaammatini
instrumental	qaammammik	qaammatinik
equative	qaammatitut

References

• qaammat in Katersat