assak

See also: ássak and ássák

Greenlandic

Alternative forms

  • avaliq (East Greenlandic)
  • aghak (North Greenlandic)

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *ạrɣąɣ, from Proto-Eskimo-Aleut *aðɣa. Cognate of Inuktitut ᐊᒡᒐᒃ (accak) and Inupiaq argak.

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /assak/, [as.sək]

Noun

assak (plural assaat)

  1. hand

Declension

Declension of assak
case singular plural
absolutive assak assaat
ergative assaap
allative assammut assannut
ablative assammit assannit
prolative assakkut assatsigut
locative assammi assanni
instrumental assammik assannik
equative assattut

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