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Greenlandic
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *qauma- (“dawn, daylight, bright, light”), from Proto-Eskimo *qaʁma- (“light, bright, dawn, daylight”). Compare qaamavoq (“is bright, shines”).
Pronunciation
Noun
qaammat (plural qaamassutit)
- moon
- month
1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:BBC-p qaammatini marlunni filmiliornini TV-mi takutittagassaq tuluit ilisimasassarsiortuannut Sir Ernerst Schackleton-imut tunngasoq naammassigaat- BBC has finished two months of filming for a TV series about English explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton
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