qitsuk
Greenlandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Inuit *qiccuɣ- (“to scratch”). Compare qitsuppaa (“scratches it”). Possibly influenced by Danish kat (“cat”).
Noun
[edit]qitsuk (plural qitsuit)
- cat
- 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 5:
- Aqqusernup sangoriarnerani siullermi siullerpaamik eqqumiitsumik malugisaqarpoq - qitsuup aqqusernup nalunaaqutaa atuaraa takugamiuk. Dursleyp paasinngeqqaaraluarpaa qanoq pisoqarnersoq - taava niaqqi sangutippaa qanoq pisoqarnersoq takulluarumallugu. Ilumut qitsuk sanimukaarnilik aqqusernup sangoriaaniippoq, kisiannili nunap assinganik tigumiaqqajanngilaq. Sunaana eqqarsaatigisimagaa? Qaamarnup-una iseriattup qasertup qoqassissimagaa.
- It was on the corner of the street that he noticed the first sign of something peculiar – a cat reading a map. For a second, Mr Dursley didn’t realise what he had seen – then he jerked his head around to look again. There was a tabby cat standing on the corner of Privet Drive, but there wasn’t a map in sight. What could he have been thinking of? It must have been a trick of the light.
Declension
[edit]Declension of qitsuk
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Inuit *qikcuɣ (“dead flesh below nail”), from Proto-Eskimo *qiŋcuɣ (“bruised or broken nail”).
Noun
[edit]qitsuk (plural qitsuit)