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Greenlandic
Etymology
Possible cognates include Inupiaq suli- (“to make, to do”), Yup'ik cali- (“to work”), and Inuinnaqtun hulijakhaq ("do, something to do").
Pronunciation
Noun
suliaq (plural suliat)
- work, employment
- action
- case, piece of work
- 2016, Tamanut, issue 86, Sermitsiaq
- Qeqertarsuarmi inunnik isumaginnittoqarfik aamma Ilaqutariit Illuat suliaq aallaqqaataaniit malinnaavigaat, immikkulli avataaniit kommunip ikiorserneqarnissaa pisariaqarluinnarsimasoq, Henrik Solóy oqarpoq.
- Henrik Solóy also states that the social services office and the family house in Qeqertarsuaq have continuously followed the case, but there was a need for more resources and help from outside, which the municipality has subsequently provided.
Declension
References
- oqaasileriffik
- Lorentzen, S. Den grønlandske ordbog, at oqaasileriffik.gl
- Jacobsen, S. (1995). A Practical Grammar of the Central Alaskan Yup'ik Eskimo Language, Alaskan Language Native Center
- Seiler, W. (2012). Iñupiatun Eskimo Dictionary, SIL International
- Nunavut Arctic College (NAC) (2010). Inuinnaqtun\English Dictionary. Kitikmeot Heritage Society.