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Greenlandic
Etymology
From umiaq (“boat”) + -tor (“use”) + -toq (“one who s”).
Pronunciation
Noun
umiartortoq (plural umiartortut)
- sailor
1988, “AIDS-INFO”, in Atuagagdliutit:Naqitigaaqqat AIDS pillugu paasisitsiniutit Afrikami kujallermi umiarsualivinnut agguaanneqarsimapput umiartortut nappaassuarmut ulorianartumut taassumunnga mianersoqquniarlugit, ...- Pamphlets informing about AIDS were distributed to harbours in South Africa, so as to warn sailors against this dangerous big disease , ...
Declension
Declension of umiartortoq
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