nukarleq

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Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nukaqliq, from *nukaq + *qliq. Analysable as nukaq (youngest sibling) +‎ -rleq (one most or furthest in a direction).

Pronunciation

Noun

nukarleq (plural nukarliit)

  1. the youngest
    • 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.

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