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Greenlandic
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *naucci-ʁ- (“plant, flower, examine growth”), from Proto-Eskimo *nar(u)-ci- (“to plant, examine plant growth”). Compare naatsiivik (“garden”).
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Noun
naatsiiaq (plural naatsiiat)
- potato
2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 153:Puugutarsuit nerrivimmi saavaniittut nerisassanik qammipput. Nerisassat taama mamarunartigisut taamalu amerlatigisut takusimanngisaannarpai. Nersussuit neqaat siatat, kukkukuuaqqat siatat, savaaqqat neqaat saaniminertallit siatat, puulukip quttoraa, pølsit assigiinngitsorpassuit, baconit puulukillu siatat, naatsiiat uusut siatallu, puulukit aserortikkat siatat, eertat, guleruuat, miseqqat, ketchup minnerunngitsumillu mamakujuttut pebermyntepastillit. Harryp paasilluarsinnaanngilaa sooq taakku kingulliit nerrivimmut ilineqarsimanersut, aappaatigulli tupiginngilaa.- The dishes in front of him were now piled with food. He had never seen so many things he liked to eat on one table: roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops and lamb chops, sausages, bacon and steak, boiled potatoes, roast potatoes, chips, Yorkshire pudding, peas, carrots, gravy, ketchup, and, for some strange reason, mint humbugs.
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