nanoq

Greenlandic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nanu- (“polar bear”), from Proto-Eskimo *nanu- (“polar bear”). Cognates include Inuktitut ᓇᓄᖅ (nanoq).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /nanuq/, [nə.nɔq]

Noun

nanoq (plural nannut)

  1. bear
  2. polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
    Angut nannumit toqunneqarpoq.
    The man was killed by a polar bear.

Declension

Declension of nanoq
case singular plural
absolutive nanoq nannut
ergative nannup
allative nannumut nannunut
ablative nannumit nannunit
prolative nannukkut nannutigut
locative nannumi nannuni
instrumental nannumik
equative nannutut

References

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