pissuseq

Greenlandic

Etymology

pi +‎ -ssuseq

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /pissusiq/, [pɪs.sʉ.sɜq]

Noun

pissuseq (plural pissutsit)

  1. nature, way of being
    • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
      Michael Treen oqaluttuarpoq Ammassalik toqqarneqarsimasoq pissusiata sikuijuitsumut[sic – meaning sikuiuitsumut] kujallermut eqqaanarnera pissutigalugu.
      Michael Treen explains that Ammassalik was selected due to its environmental conditions being similar to those of the Antarctic Ocean.
      (literally, “ […] to those of the Southern ice-sea.”)
  2. behaviour

Declension

Declension of pissuseq
case singular plural
absolutive pissuseq pissutsit
ergative pissutsip
allative pissutsimut pissutsinut
ablative pissutsimit pissutsinit
prolative pissutsikkut pissutsitigut
locative pissutsimi pissutsini
instrumental pissutsimik pissutsinik
equative pissutsitut

Further reading

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