nuiaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nụvǝ̣ja (“cloud, be cloudy”). Compare nuiavoq (“is cloudy, overcast”).

Pronunciation
  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /nuiaq/, [nʊ.ɪ.ɑq]

Noun

nuiaq (plural nuissat)

  1. cloud

Declension
Declension of nuiaq
singular plural
absolutive nuiaq nuissat
ergative nuissap nuissat
allative nuissamut nuissanut
ablative nuissamit nuissanit
prosecutive nuissakkut nuissatigut
locative nuissami nuissani
instrumental nuissamik nuissanik
equative nuissatut nuisatut
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