qanoq
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Greenlandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Inuit *qanu-ʁ (“when [past], when [future], how many, how”), from Proto-Eskimo *qańu- (“when [past], when [future], how many”). Compare qanga (“when [past]”), and qaqugu (“when [future]”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
qanoq
Interjection[edit]
qanoq
- pardon, say again
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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.- 1998 September 1, “Aatsaat qaamasunik amilinnik takusut”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
- Soorunami siornatigut aviisitigut allatigullu qaamasunik amillit qanoq isikkoqarnersut ilisimareeraluarlugit sunaaffa aatsaat iluamik inuttarsisut.
- While they had, of course, already seen people with light skin in newspapers and the like, it turned out that they had not met any in the flesh.
Usage notes[edit]
This word will cause indicative intonation in the sentence it is used, but not if used in isolation.[1]