qaammat

Greenlandic

Etymology

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

Noun

qaammat (plural qaamassutit)

1. moon
2. month
   • 1982 August 4, "Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq", Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten

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

     BBC has finished two months of filming for a TV series about English explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton