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Greenlandic
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *nuliaʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *nuLiaq.
Pronunciation
Noun
nuliaq (plural nuliat)
- wife
1992 August 21, “Usuni kipigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit, page 11:Qanittukkut aviisini eqqartorneqarpoq qallunaap usuni kipisimagaa nuliama itigartitsiuarnera naalliuutigingaaramiuk.- Recently, there was a story in the papers about a Dane who cut off his penis because he was very pained by his wife's persistent rejections.
1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:Nuliaralu siullermik ernertaarpugut, ukiut marluk qaangiummata panmissaarluta, sulilu ukiut marluk qaangiuteqqimmata panissaaqqilluta.- My wife and I first had a son, two years later a daughter, and another two years after that, another daughter.
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Inuktitut
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *nuliaʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *nuLiaq.
Noun
nuliaq
- Latin spelling of ᓄᓕᐊᖅ (noliaq)
Inupiaq
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *nuliaʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *nuLiaq.
Noun
nuliaq (dual nuliak, plural nuliat)
- wife
Nuliaġa iḷisaurrauruq.- My wife is a teacher.
Nuliaġa aullaqsruġiaqtuq.- My wife went berry picking.
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