aaqartarneq

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Greenlandic

Etymology

From aak (blood) +‎ -qar (have) +‎ -tar (habitually) +‎ -neq (abstract participle).

Pronunciation

Noun

aaqartarneq (plural aaqartarnerit)

  1. menstruation
    • 2014, T.H. Nielsen, KNL: Akoorutissat arnat kinguaassiorsinnaanerannut sunniuteqarnerlussinnaapput:
      Arnat taakkunani nunani pingasuni najugallit akoorutissanillu timiminniittoqartut sivisunerusumik aaqartartut paasivarput. Aaqartarneq akoorutissallu imminnut attuumassuteqartarnerat pillugu erseqqivissumik kisitsisitigut paasissutissanik takussutissaqanngikkaluarpoq, aaqartarneralli akoorutissanit sunnerneqarnerusimagaangami nikerarnerulersartoq paasivarput, Julie Lyngsøe Århus Universitetshospitalimi Arbejdsmedicinsk Klinikimi sulisuusoq oqarpoq.
      We found that women with higher levels of PFOA had longer menstrual cycles for all three countries combined. There was no statistically significant correlation between menstrual cycle and exposure to PFOS, but there was a tendency for a more irregular menstrual cycle at higher exposure levels of PFOS, says Julie Lyngsø from the Department of Occupational Medicine at Aarhus University Hospital.

Declension

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