apusineq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From aput (“snow”).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /apusiniq/, [a.pʊ.sɪ.nɜq]

Noun

apusineq (plural apusinerit)

  1. snowdrift
    • 2014, A.M. Olsvig, Tamanut‎[1], page 26:
      Apusinerit akunnerit arlaqanngitsut ingerlanerinnaanni sisoortarfinngortinneqarput, - inersimasunut meeqqanullu apummi pinnguarneq.
      In a few hours, the snowdrifts were turned into snow slides - playing in snow, both large and small.

Declension

Declension of apusineq
case singular plural
absolutive apusineq apusinerit
ergative apusinerup
allative apusinermut apusinernut
ablative apusinermit apusinernit
prolative apusinikkut apusinertigut
locative apusinermi apusinerni
instrumental apusinermik apusinernik
equative apusinertut

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