kiassuseq

Greenlandic

Etymology

kiappoq (“be hot”) +‎ -ssuseq (“-ness”)

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /kiassusiq/, [kɪ.əs.sʉ.sɜq]

Noun

kiassuseq (plural kiassutsit)

  1. temperature, hotness
    • 2001 Louise Richter, for the Greenlandic Directorate of Culture, Education, Research and Ecclesiastical Affairs/Inerisaavik: "Kisitsineq/matematikki: Misilitsinnerit, naliliineq, atuartitsineq", p. 54
      Kiassutsip qaffattarneranut appartarneranullu kiisalu andengradsligningimik naatsorsuineq.
      Calculation of increases and decreases of temperature, as well as the quadratic equation.

Declension

Declension of kiassuseq
case singular plural
absolutive kiassuseq kiassutsit
ergative kiassutsip
allative kiassutsimut kiassutsinut
ablative kiassutsimit kiassutsinit
prolative kiassutsikkut kiassutsitigut
locative kiassutsimi kiassutsini
instrumental kiassutsimik kiassutsinik
equative kiassutsitut
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