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qaammat

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Greenlandic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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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

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