qaammat

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *qauma- (“dawn, daylight, bright, light”), from Proto-Eskimo *qaʁma- (“light, bright, dawn, daylight”). Compare qaamavoq (“is bright, shines”).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /qaammat/, [qəːm.mət]

Noun

qaammat (plural qaamassutit)

  1. moon
  2. month
    • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
      BBC-p qaammatini marlunni filmiliornini TV-mi takutittagassaq tuluit ilisimasassarsiortuannut Sir Ernerst[sic] Schackleton[sic]-imut tunngasoq naammassigaat
      BBC has completed two months of filming for a TV series about British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton

Declension

Declension of qaammat
case singular plural
absolutive qaammat qaammatit
ergative qaammatip
allative qaammammut qaammatinut
ablative qaammammit qaammatinit
prolative qaammatikkut qaammatitigut
locative qaammammi qaammatini
instrumental qaammammik qaammatinik
equative qaammatitut

References

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