kujalleq

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Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *kiva- (direction, place in house), from Proto-Eskimo *kiva- (behind, area towards back).

Pronunciation

Noun

kujalleq (plural kujalliit)

  1. south
    • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
      Michael Treen oqaluttuarpoq Ammassalik toqqarneqarsimasoq pissusiata sikuijuitsumut kujallermut eqqaanarnera pissutigalugu.
      Michael Treen relates that Ammassalik was chosen because of the similarity of its nature to that of the Antarctic Ocean .

Declension