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Greenlandic
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *niviaqcǝɣa- (“girl, young unmarried woman”), from Proto-Eskimo *nǝviaʁcǝɣa (“girl, young unmarried woman”). Compare niviarsiaq (“girl, young unmarried woman”), and niviaq (“girl”).
Pronunciation
Noun
niviarsiaraq (plural niviarsiaqqat)
- girl
1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni.- Our son has become gay (it was discovered when he was 19 years old), and the youngest girl has become a lesbian.
Declension
Declension of niviarsiaraq
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