qaqqaq

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Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *qatqa- (“mountain, reach the top”), from Proto-Eskimo *qarǝ-qa- (“mountain, hill, climb up”).

Pronunciation

Noun

qaqqaq (plural qaqqat)

  1. mountain, rock
    • 2017 August 5, Trine Juncher Jørgensen, “Ilisimatusartut qaqqat akissutissarsiorfigaat”, in Sermitsiaq:
      Ilisimatusartut GEUS-imeersut Nuugaatsiap qaqqai misissoqqissaarlugit aallartipput.
      Scientists from GEUS have begun to meticulously investigate the fjelds of Nuugaatsiaq.

Declension

Declension of qaqqaq
singular plural
absolutive qaqqaq qaqqat
ergative qaqqap qaqqat
allative qaqqammut qaqqanut
ablative qaqqamit qaqqaniit
prosecutive qaqqakkut qaqqatigut
locative qaqqami qaqqani
instrumental qaqqamik qaqqanik
equative qaqqasut qaqqasut

Inuktitut

Noun

qaqqaq

  1. mountain
    Synonym: ᖃᖅᑲᖅ (qaqkaq)

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