nuliaq

From Proto-Inuit *nuliaʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *nuLiaq.

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /nuliaq/, [nʉ.lɪ.ɑq]

nuliaq (plural nuliat)

1. wife
   • 1992 August 21, “Usuni kipigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit, page 11:

     Qanittukkut aviisini eqqartorneqarpoq qallunaap usuni kipisimagaa nuliama itigartitsiuarnera naalliuutigingaaramiuk.

     Recently, there was a story in the papers about a Dane who cut off his penis because he was very pained by his wife's persistent rejections.

   • 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:

     Nuliaralu siullermik ernertaarpugut, ukiut marluk qaangiummata panmissaarluta,^{[sic – meaning panissaarluta]} sulilu ukiut marluk qaangiuteqqimmata panissaaqqilluta.

     My wife and I first had a son, two years later a daughter, and another two years after that, another daughter.

• nuliaq in Katersat
• “nuliaq“ in iserasuaat.gl

From Proto-Inuit *nuliaʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *nuLiaq.

nuliaq

1. Latin spelling of ᓄᓕᐊᖅ (noliaq)

From Proto-Inuit *nuliaʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *nuLiaq.

nuliaq (dual nuliak, plural nuliat)

1. wife

   Nuliaġa iḷisaurrauruq.

   My wife is a teacher.

   Nuliaġa aullaqsruġiaqtuq.

   My wife went berry picking.

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