siullermik

Greenlandic

Etymology

Instrumental case form of siulleq.

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /siullirmik/, [sɪ.ʊɬ.ɬɜm.mɪk]

Adverb

siullermik

  1. first, the first time
    • 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.
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