apusineq

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Greenlandic

Etymology

From aput (“snow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

apusineq (plural apusinerit)

  1. snowdrift
    • 2014, A.M. Olsvig, Tamanut‎, page 26:
      Apusinerit akunnerit arlaqanngitsut ingerlanerinnaanni sisoortarfinngortinneqarput, - inersimasunut meeqqanullu apummi pinnguarneq.
      In a few hours, the snowdrifts were turned into snow slides - playing in snow, both large and small.

Declension

Declension of apusineq
singular plural
absolutive apusineq apusinerit
ergative apusinerup apusinerit
allative apusinermut apusinernut
ablative apusinermit apusinernit
prosecutive apusinikkut apusinertigut
locative apusinermi apusinerni
instrumental apusinermik apusinernik
equative apusinertut apusinertut

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