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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)
- 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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