qinnut

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *qinu- (“mourn, grieve, beg, ask for, humble”), from Proto-Eskimo *qinu- (“annoyed, naughty”). Compare qernualavoq (“shrieks with terror”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /qinnut/, [qɪn.nʉt]

Noun

qinnut (plural qinnutit)

1. prayer
2. request directed towards someone of higher rank

Declension

Declension of qinnut

case	singular	plural
absolutive	qinnut	qinnutit
ergative	qinnutip
allative	qinnummut	qinnutinut
ablative	qinnummit	qinnutinit
prolative	qinnutikkut	qinnutitigut
locative	qinnummi	qinnutini
instrumental	qinnummik	qinnutinik
equative	qinnutitut

Further reading

• “qinnut“ in iserasuaat.gl