meqqut

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *mIqru- (“sew, needle”), from Proto-Eskimo *miRqut- (“sew”). Compare mersorpoq (“sews”).

Pronunciation
  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /miqqut/, [mɜq.qʊt]

Noun

meqqut (plural meqqutit)

  1. needle (for sewing)

Declension
Declension of meqqut
singular plural
absolutive meqqut meqqutit
ergative meqqutip meqqutit
allative meqqummut meqqutinut
ablative meqqummit meqqutinit
prosecutive meqqutikkut meqqutitigut
locative meqqummi meqqutini
instrumental meqqummik meqqutinik
equative meqqutitut meqqutitut
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