AIDS

Naqitigaaqqat AIDS pillugu paasisitsiniutit Afrikami kujallermi umiarsualivinnut agguaanneqarsimapput umiartortut nappaassuarmut ulorianartumut taassumunnga mianersoqquniarlugit, ...

Pamphlets informing about AIDS were distributed to harbours in South Africa, so as to warn sailors against this dangerous big disease [nappaassuaq "big disease" might be idiomatic], ...


qimmeq

qimmit (plural)
qimmeq (absolutive singular)
qimmit (absolutive plural)
qimmip (ergative singular)
qimmit (ergative plural)
qimmimut (allative singular)
qimminut (allative plural)
qimmimit (ablative singular)
qimminit (ablative plural)
qimmikkut (prosecutive singular)
qimmitsigut (plural prosecutive)
qimmimi (locative singular)
qimmini (locative plural)
qimmimik (instrumental singular)
qimminik (instrumental plural)
qimmisut (equative singular)
qimmisut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *qi'mi- (“dog”), from Proto-Eskimo *qikmi- (“dog”).


A

The first letter of the Greenlandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.


Australia

From English Australia (cognate with Danish Australien).

Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


bronze

Borrowed from Danish bronze; see English bronze etymology.


milik

milingit (plural)
milit (plural)
milik (absolutive singular)
milingit (absolutive plural)
miliup (ergative singular)
milingit (ergative plural)
milimmut (allative singular)
milinnut (allative plural)
milimmit (ablative singular)
milinnit (ablative plural)
milikkut (prosecutive singular)
militsigut (plural prosecutive)
milimmi (locative singular)
milinni (locative plural)
milimmik (instrumental singular)
milinnik (instrumental plural)
milittut (equative singular)
milittut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *mǝl-ǝɣ- (“plug, stopper, close up, cover”), from Proto-Eskimo *mǝɫǝ- (“plug”). Compare milippoq (“stop, close up”).

inh

Oqaatsinut Tapiliussaq
Qallunaat oqaasini "milik" (stød) […] "Milik" pilersarpoq torlummi immikkut sukatsinikkut; ...
Stød in the Danish language […] "Stød" begins in the throat as a particular tenseness; ...


aku

akut (plural)
aku (absolutive singular)
akut (absolutive plural)
akup (ergative singular)
akut (ergative plural)
akumik (instrumental singular)
akunik (instrumental plural)
akumut (allative singular)
akunut (allative plural)
akumit (ablative singular)
akunit (ablative plural)
akumi (locative singular)
akuni (locative plural)
akukkut (singular)
akutigut (plural)
akutut (equative)
akuga (absolutive singular)
akukka (absolutive plural)
akuma (ergative)
akunnik (instrumental)
akunnut (allative)
akunnit (ablative)
akunni (locative)
akukkut
akuttut (equative)

From Proto-Inuit *aku- (“interval, to mix”), from Proto-Eskimo *akuv- (“between, to mix”). Compare akunneq (“interval”) and akulaaq (“crotch”).


q

The thirteenth letter of the Greenlandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.


Pavia

Possibly originally a name of Greenlandic derivation. Used as a rendering of Paul since the 18th century.


banjo

Borrowed from Danish banjo, from English banjo.


Nuuk

Nuuk (absolutive singular)
Nuukup (ergative singular)
Nuummik (allative singular)
Nuummut (ablative singular)
Nuummi (prosecutive singular)
Nuummit (locative singular)
Nuukkut (instrumental singular)
Nuuttut (equative singular)

Danish: Nuuk

English: Nuuk

French: Nuuk


ini

init (plural)
ini (absolutive singular)
init (absolutive plural)
inip (ergative singular)
init (ergative plural)
inimik (instrumental singular)
ininik (instrumental plural)
inimut (allative singular)
ininut (allative plural)
inimit (ablative singular)
ininit (ablative plural)
inimi (locative singular)
inini (locative plural)
inikkut (singular)
initigut (plural)
initut (equative)
iniga (absolutive singular)
inikka (absolutive plural)
inima (ergative)
ininnik (instrumental)
ininnut (allative)
ininnit (ablative)
ininni (locative)
inikkut
inittut (equative)

From Proto-Inuit *ǝnǝ (“place, room, house”), from Proto-Eskimo *ǝnǝ (“dwelling place, house”).


Belgia

Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)


bussi

bussit (plural)
bussi (absolutive singular)
bussit (absolutive plural)
bussip (ergative singular)
bussit (ergative plural)
bussimut (allative singular)
bussinut (allative plural)
bussimit (ablative singular)
bussinit (ablative plural)
bussikkut (prosecutive singular)
bussitigut (plural prosecutive)
bussimi (locative singular)
bussini (locative plural)
bussimik (instrumental singular)
bussinik (instrumental plural)
bussitut (equative singular)
bussitut (equative plural)


panna

pakku (plural)
panna (absolutive singular)
pakku (absolutive plural)
passuma (ergative singular)
pakkua (ergative plural)
passumunnga (allative singular)
pakkununnga (allative plural)
passumannga (ablative singular)
pakkunannga (ablative plural)
passumuuna (prosecutive singular)
pakkunuuna (plural prosecutive)
passumani (locative singular)
pakkunani (locative plural)
passuminnga (instrumental singular)
pakkuninnga (instrumental plural)
passumatut (equative singular)
pakkunatut (equative plural)

up distal absolutive; that up a long distance/in the east, he/she/it up there/in the east.


whisky

From English whisky (probably via Danish whisky).


hashi

Angut 24-nik ukiulik Nuummeersoq unioqqutitsilluni hashimik tigummiarutut, sapaammi unnukkut nalunaaqutaq 18.45 politiinit unnerluutigineqarpoq.

2017 June 26, Lars Düwel, “Angut 24-nik ukiulik Nuummeersoq Roskilde Festivalimi hashimik tigummiartutut unnerluutigineqartoq”, in Sermitsiaq:

On Sunday evening, 18.45 o'clock, a 24-year-old man from Nuuk was charged by the police for illegally carrying hash.


ani

anit (plural)
ani (absolutive singular)
anit (absolutive plural)
anip (ergative singular)
anit (ergative plural)
animut (allative singular)
aninut (allative plural)
animit (ablative singular)
aninit (ablative plural)
anikkut (prosecutive singular)
anitigut (plural prosecutive)
animi (locative singular)
anini (locative plural)
animik (instrumental singular)
aninik (instrumental plural)
anitut (equative singular)
anitut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *änI(ɣ), from Proto-Eskimo *aNǝ-Lɣun. Cognate with Inuktitut ᐊᓂ (ani), and Nunatsiavummiutut anik.


una

ujarak-una

kia-una nasaa? or kianna nasaa?

an enclitic written by hyphenating or by assimilation which indicates to be.


una

una (absolutive singular)
uku (absolutive plural)
uuma (ergative singular)
ukua (ergative plural)
uumunnga (allative singular)
ukununnga (allative plural)
uumannga (ablative singular)
ukunannga (ablative plural)
uumuuna (prosecutive singular)
ukunuuna (plural prosecutive)
uumani (locative singular)
ukunani (locative plural)
uuminnga (instrumental singular)
ukuninnga (instrumental plural)
uumatut (equative singular)
ukunatut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *ụ-nạ (“this near the speaker, here it is”), from Proto-Eskimo *u- (“this near, here it is”).

der

1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit
Siggunni seerisut tassaapput herpes taakkulu qallunaatut taaguutit nuannarineqartut "forkølelses- imlt. kyssesår" atorneqarput, kiinami tinupasunut seerisunut, pingaartumik siggunni.
["Leakings/leakers"? (seerivoq + -toq)] on the mouth are herpes, and the Danish popular [probably a mistranslation of populær, which also means "widely used"] terms "forkølelses- or kyssesår" are used about leaking lumps in the face, especially on the mouth.

medial pronoun; that nearby, he/she/it nearby.


-u

kl-suffix

-u (n-v, truncative, uses -j- as interfix)

ilinniartitsisoq (“teacher”) -> ilinniartitsisiuuvugut (“we are teachers”) .

Ukiuuvoq.

Inatsisartunut ilaasortaq Jakob Sivertsen Atassummeersoq ilungersornertuujuvoq.

1998 May 7, “Tasiilami efterskoleqalernissaa Jakob Sivertsen-ip sulissutigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

MP Jakob Sivertsen, of Atassut, is diligent.

Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni. Akulleq pissusissamisoortuuvoq.

1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:

Our son has become gay (it was discovered when he was 19 years old), and the youngest girl has become a lesbian. The middle [child] is as she should be [i.e. heterosexual].


Norge

Norway (a country in Northern Europe; capital and largest city: Oslo)


aap

"Aap, professori. Voldemort allatut ililluni uteqqinniarsinnaanngila? Tammavinngilarmi, ilaa?" - "Aap, Harry, tammavinngilaq. Suli arlaanniippoq..."

2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, pages 365–366:

"Yes, sir. Well, Voldemort's going to try other ways of coming back, isn't he? I mean, he hasn't gone, has he?" - "No, Harry, he has not..."


-tar

atuarpoq (“attends school (once)”) -> atuartarpoq (“attends school (is a student)”)

Nammineq tissassarluni inersinnaannginnerluni anisuualu qanoq ililluni anisassava?

1992, “Usuni kipigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit:

I wonder if he will be unable to stimulate himself to an orgasm, and how will the semen leave?


Sverige

Sweden (a country in Scandinavia in Europe)


alla

allat (plural)
alla (absolutive singular)
allat (absolutive plural)
allap (ergative singular)
allat (ergative plural)
allamut (allative singular)
allanut (allative plural)
allamit (ablative singular)
allanit (ablative plural)
allakkut (prosecutive singular)
allatigut (plural prosecutive)
allami (locative singular)
allani (locative plural)
allamik (instrumental singular)
allanik (instrumental plural)
allatut (equative singular)
allatut (equative plural)

Filmiliarlu taanna nunani allani TV-eqarfinnut soqutinnittunut^([sic – meaning soqutiginnittunut]) tun iniarneqartussaavoq^([sic – meaning tuniniarneqartussaavoq]).

1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

The finished film will be offered to interested broadcasting companies in other countries.

Soorunami siornatigut aviisitigut allatigullu qaamasunik amillit qanoq isikkoqarnersut ilisimareeraluarlugit sunaaffa aatsaat iluamik inuttarsisut.

1998 September 1, “Aatsaat qaamasunik amilinnik takusut”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

While they had, of course, already seen people with light skin in news papers and other things, it turned out that they had not met any in the flesh.


anaana

anaanat (plural)
anaana (absolutive singular)
anaanat (absolutive plural)
anaanap (ergative singular)
anaanat (ergative plural)
anaanamik (instrumental singular)
anaananik (instrumental plural)
anaanamut (allative singular)
anaananut (allative plural)
anaanamit (ablative singular)
anaananit (ablative plural)
anaanami (locative singular)
anaanani (locative plural)
anaanakkut (singular)
anaanatigut (plural)
anaanatut (equative)
anaanaga (absolutive singular)
anaanakka (absolutive plural)
anaanama (ergative)
anaanannik (instrumental)
anaanannut (allative)
anaanannit (ablative)
anaananni (locative)
anaanakkut
anaanattut (equative)

From Proto-Inuit *anaana, from Proto-Eskimo *ana-ana.


nukaq

From Proto-Inuit *nụkạ (“younger sibling; boy; unmarried man”), from Proto-Eskimo *nuka- (“younger sibling”). Compare Inuktitut ᓄᑲᖅ (nokaq).

inh

youngest of a group siblings who are the same sex


savik

saviit (plural)
savik (absolutive singular)
saviit (absolutive plural)
saviup (ergative singular)
saviit (ergative plural)
savimmut (allative singular)
savinnut (allative plural)
savimmit (ablative singular)
savinnit (ablative plural)
savikkut (prosecutive singular)
savitsigut (plural prosecutive)
savimmi (locative singular)
savinni (locative plural)
savimmik (instrumental singular)
savinnik (instrumental plural)
savittut (equative singular)
savittut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *caviɣ (“knife, iron”), from Proto-Eskimo *caviɣ (“knife, metal”).


ataata

ataatat (plural)
ataata (absolutive singular)
ataatat (absolutive plural)
ataatap (ergative singular)
ataatat (ergative plural)
ataatamut (allative singular)
ataatanut (allative plural)
ataatamit (ablative singular)
ataataniit (ablative plural)
ataatakkut (prosecutive singular)
ataatatigut (plural prosecutive)
ataatami (locative singular)
ataatani (locative plural)
ataatamik (instrumental singular)
ataatanik (instrumental plural)
ataatasut (equative singular)
ataatasut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *ạta-ata, from Proto-Eskimo *ata-ata. Cognate of Inuktitut ᐊᑖᑕ (ataata) and Inupiaq taata.


kamik

kamiit (plural)
kanngit (plural)
kamik (absolutive singular)
kamiit (absolutive plural)
kamiup (ergative singular)
kamiit (ergative plural)
kamimmut (allative singular)
kaminnut (allative plural)
kamimmit (ablative singular)
kaminnit (ablative plural)
kamikkut (prosecutive singular)
kamitsigut (plural prosecutive)
kamimmi (locative singular)
kaminni (locative plural)
kamimmik (instrumental singular)
kaminnik (instrumental plural)
kamittut (equative singular)
kamittut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *kąmǝ̣ɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *kamǝɣ.


qassit

From Proto-Inuit *qavci-t (“when [past], when [future], how many, how”), from Proto-Eskimo *qavci- (“when [past], when [future], how many”). Compare qanoq (“how”), qanga (“when [past]”), and qaqugu (“when [future]”).

when 􂀿past􂁀, when 􂀿future􂁀, how many, how


nuliaq

nuliat (plural)
nuliaq (absolutive singular)
nuliat (absolutive plural)
nuliap (ergative singular)
nuliat (ergative plural)
nuliamut (allative singular)
nulianut (allative plural)
nuliamit (ablative singular)
nulianit (ablative plural)
nuliakkut (prosecutive singular)
nuliatigut (plural prosecutive)
nuliami (locative singular)
nuliani (locative plural)
nuliamik (instrumental singular)
nulianik (instrumental plural)
nuliatut (equative singular)
nuliatut (equative plural)

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

Qanittukkut aviisini eqqartorneqarpoq qallunaap usuni kipisimagaa nuliama itigartitsiuarnera naalliuutigingaaramiuk.

1992 August 21, “Usuni kipigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit, page 11:

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.

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.


tuugaalik

tuugaallit (plural)
tuugaalik (absolutive singular)
tuugaallit (absolutive plural)
tuugaallup (ergative singular)
tuugaallit (ergative plural)
tuugaalimmut (allative singular)
tuugaalinnut (allative plural)
tuugaalimmit (ablative singular)
tuugaalinnit (ablative plural)
tuugaalikkut (prosecutive singular)
tuugaalitsigut (plural prosecutive)
tuugaalimmi (locative singular)
tuugaalinni (locative plural)
tuugaalimmik (instrumental singular)
tuugaalinnik (instrumental plural)
tuugaalittut (equative singular)
tuugaalittut (equative plural)

From tuugaaq (“tusk”) + -lik (“owner of”).

Aaqqiuunnguup qilalugaq qernertaq 1 toningajammik oqimaassusilik qatigaatigut unaaminik kapivaa. Angutiviaq 1.5 meteri sinnerlugu takissusilimmik tuugaalik.

2018, H. Saxgren, Suluk (Air Greenland Inflight Magazine), page 35:

Arqiunguaq planted his harpoon in the back of a narwhal of almost a ton. A male with a horn over one and a half meters.


tuugaaq

tuugaat (plural)
tuugaaq (absolutive singular)
tuugaat (absolutive plural)
tuugaap (ergative singular)
tuugaat (ergative plural)
tuugaamut (allative singular)
tuugaanut (allative plural)
tuugaamit (ablative singular)
tuugaanit (ablative plural)
tuugaakkut (prosecutive singular)
tuugaatigut (plural prosecutive)
tuugaami (locative singular)
tuugaani (locative plural)
tuugaamik (instrumental singular)
tuugaanik (instrumental plural)
tuugaatut (equative singular)
tuugaatut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *tuu- (“tusk, ivory, ice pick, chisel, poke”), from Proto-Eskimo *tuɣǝ- (“tusk, to pick with sharp instrument”). Compare tooq (“ice pick”), and toorpaa (“thrusts at”).


aput

aputit (plural)
aput (absolutive singular)
aputit (absolutive plural)
aputip (ergative singular)
aputit (ergative plural)
apummut (allative singular)
aputinut (allative plural)
apummit (ablative singular)
aputinit (ablative plural)
aputikkut (prosecutive singular)
aputitigut (plural prosecutive)
apummi (locative singular)
aputini (locative plural)
apummik (instrumental singular)
aputinik (instrumental plural)
aputitut (equative singular)
aputitut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *ạp-unt, from Proto-Eskimo *apǝ. Cognate of Inuktitut ᐊᐳᑦ (apot), and Inupiaq apun.

Ullaat ilaanni decembarip qeqqani Hogwarts isikkanik arlalinnik ititigisumik apummit qallerneqarsimavoq. Taseq sikusimavoq Weasleykkullu marluliaat pillarneqarput aputit milluutissiat arlalissuit angakkuarsimagamikkik Quirrel sumunnaraluaraangalluunniit taassuminnga malersuiuartussanngortillugit turbanianullu tuttarlutik.

2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 240:

One morning in mid-December, Hogwarts woke to find itself covered in several feet of snow. The lake froze solid and the Weasley twins were punished for bewitching several snowballs so that they followed Quirrell around, bouncing off the back of his turban.


avinngaq

avinngat (plural)
avinngaq (absolutive singular)
avinngat (absolutive plural)
avinngap (ergative singular)
avinngat (ergative plural)
avinngamut (allative singular)
avinnganut (allative plural)
avinngamit (ablative singular)
avinnganit (ablative plural)
avinngakkut (prosecutive singular)
avinngatigut (plural prosecutive)
avinngami (locative singular)
avinngani (locative plural)
avinngamik (instrumental singular)
avinnganik (instrumental plural)
avinngatut (equative singular)
avinngatut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *avǝnŋaʁ (“lemming”), from Proto-Eskimo *avǝɫŋa-ʁ (“mouse, lemming”).


qanga

From Proto-Inuit *qaŋa (“when [past], when [future], how many, how”), from Proto-Eskimo *qa(v)- (“when [past], when [future], how many”). Compare qanoq (“how”), and qaqugu (“when [future]”).

der

(interrogative) when (referring to past events)


siut

siutit (plural)
siut (absolutive singular)
siutit (absolutive plural)
siutip (ergative singular)
siutit (ergative plural)
siummut (allative singular)
siutinut (allative plural)
siummit (ablative singular)
siutinit (ablative plural)
siutikkut (prosecutive singular)
siutitigut (plural prosecutive)
siummi (locative singular)
siutini (locative plural)
siummik (instrumental singular)
siutinik (instrumental plural)
siutitut (equative singular)
siutitut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *ciunt (“ear”), from Proto-Eskimo *ciɣunt (“ear”).


qallunaaq

qallunaaq (absolutive singular)
qallunaat (absolutive plural)
qallunaap (ergative singular)
qallunaat (ergative plural)
qallunaamut (allative singular)
qallunaanut (allative plural)
qallunaamit (ablative singular)
qallunaanit (ablative plural)
qallunaakkut (prosecutive singular)
qallunaatigut (plural prosecutive)
qallunaami (locative singular)
qallunaani (locative plural)
qallunaamik (instrumental singular)
qallunaanik (instrumental plural)
qallunaatut (equative singular)
qallunaatut (equative plural)

→ English: Qallunaaq


imaq

imat (plural)
imaq (absolutive singular)
immat (absolutive plural)
immap (ergative singular)
immat (ergative plural)
immamut (allative singular)
immanut (allative plural)
immamit (ablative singular)
immaniit (ablative plural)
immakkut (prosecutive singular)
immatigut (plural prosecutive)
immami (locative singular)
immani (locative plural)
immamik (instrumental singular)
immanik (instrumental plural)
immatut (equative singular)
immatut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *ịmạ-, from Proto-Eskimo *ima-. Cognate of Inuktitut ᐃᒪᖅ (imaq).

Isivit takuai, ilulissat immami.

Your eyes are seeing, icebergs at the ocean. (from the song Seqineq)


imaq

From Proto-Inuit *ima (“fill, contain, contents”), from Proto-Eskimo *ima (“fill, contents”).


kiinaq

kiinnat (plural)
kiinaq (absolutive singular)
kiinnat (absolutive plural)
kiinnap (ergative singular)
kiinnat (ergative plural)
kiinnammut (allative singular)
kiinnannut (allative plural)
kiinnammit (ablative singular)
kiinnannit (ablative plural)
kiinnakkut (prosecutive singular)
kiinnatsigut (plural prosecutive)
kiinnammi (locative singular)
kiinnanni (locative plural)
kiinnammik (instrumental singular)
kiinnannik (instrumental plural)
kiinnatut (equative singular)
kiinnatut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *ki(ɣ)inaʁ (“face, mask”), from Proto-Eskimo *kǝɣina- (“face”). Compare kiinarpak (“mask”).

face (part of head usually containing eyes, mouth, nose etc.)


kiinaq

From Proto-Inuit *kii(n)na-ɣ- (“blade, edge of knife, sharpen, sheath”), from Proto-Eskimo *kǝjina- (“blade, edge of knife”). Compare kiinnarippoq (“is sharp”).


arnaq

arnat (plural)
arnaq (absolutive singular)
arnat (absolutive plural)
arnap (ergative singular)
arnat (ergative plural)
arnamut (allative singular)
arnanut (allative plural)
arnamit (ablative singular)
arnaniit (ablative plural)
arnakkut (prosecutive singular)
arnatigut (plural prosecutive)
arnami (locative singular)
arnani (locative plural)
arnamik (instrumental singular)
arnanik (instrumental plural)
arnasut (equative singular)
arnasut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *ạʁna-, from Proto-Eskimo *aʁna-. Cognate of Inuktitut ᐊᕐᓇᖅ (arnaq), Inupiaq aġnaq, and Nunatsiavummiutut annak.

Arnaavoq.


tii

tiit (plural)
tii (absolutive singular)
tiit (absolutive plural)
tiip (ergative singular)
tiit (ergative plural)
tiimut (allative singular)
tiinut (allative plural)
tiimit (ablative singular)
tiinit (ablative plural)
tiikkut (prosecutive singular)
tiitigut (plural prosecutive)
tiimi (locative singular)
tiini (locative plural)
tiimik (instrumental singular)
tiinik (instrumental plural)
tiitut (equative singular)
tiitut (equative plural)

Borrowed from Danish te (“tea”), from Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê, “tea”), from Old Chinese, ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (“leaf, tea”).


nuna

nunat (plural)
nuna (absolutive singular)
nunat (absolutive plural)
nunap (ergative singular)
nunat (ergative plural)
nunamut (allative singular)
nunanut (allative plural)
nunamit (ablative singular)
nunaniit (ablative plural)
nunakkut (prosecutive singular)
nunatigut (plural prosecutive)
nunami (locative singular)
nunani (locative plural)
nunamik (instrumental singular)
nunanik (instrumental plural)
nunasut (equative singular)
nunasut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *nuna (“land, earth, inland”), from Proto-Eskimo *nuna (“land, earth, country”).

der

Aappariit Dursleykkut sisamanngornermi avaanngunartumi uagut oqaluttuatta aallartiffiani, itermata, silami qulisimasumiit siulittuutigineqanngilaq, nunami tamarmi eqqumeeqisunik paasissaalluanngitsunik pisoqarumaartoq.

2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 5:

When Mr and Mrs Dursley woke up on the dull, grey Tuesday our story starts, there was nothing about the cloudy sky outside to suggest that strange and mysterious things would soon be happening all over the country.


sila

sila (absolutive singular)
silat (absolutive plural)
silap (ergative singular)
silat (ergative plural)
silamut (allative singular)
silanut (allative plural)
silamit (ablative singular)
silanit (ablative plural)
silakkut (prosecutive singular)
silatigut (plural prosecutive)
silami (locative singular)
silani (locative plural)
silamik (instrumental singular)
silanik (instrumental plural)
silatut (equative singular)
silatut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *cila (“universe, atmosphere, weather, outside world”), from Proto-Eskimo *cǝla (“universe, atmosphere, weather”). Compare silaannaq (“atmosphere, air”).


taa

From Proto-Eskimo *taʁu. Cognates include Sirenik tarex, Alutiiq taru, and Inupiaq tau.


tv

Immaqa imaassinnaavoq aamma nunattinni tv-mik isiginnaartartut periarfissinneqarumaartut takusinnaasallugu.


ui

uit (plural)
ui (absolutive singular)
uit (absolutive plural)
uip (ergative singular)
uit (ergative plural)
uimut (allative singular)
uinut (allative plural)
uimit (ablative singular)
uinit (ablative plural)
uikkut (prosecutive singular)
uitigut (plural prosecutive)
uimi (locative singular)
uini (locative plural)
uimik (instrumental singular)
uinik (instrumental plural)
uisut (equative singular)
uisut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *ụ(v)ǝ̊, from Proto-Eskimo *uɣi.

Potterip nulia Dursleyp nulia qatannigutigaa ukiorpassuarni takusimanngisaa. Dursleyp nulia qatannguteqanngitsutut pissusilersortarpoq, qatanngutaami taanna uialu atorsinnaanngitsoq ilaqutariit Dursleykkunnut nallersuussinnaanngillat.

2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, pages 4–5:

Mrs Potter was Mrs Dursley's sister, but they hadn't met for several years; in fact, Mrs Dursley pretended she didn't have a sister, because her sister and her good-for-nothing husband were as unDursleyish as it was possible to be.


ati

From Proto-Inuit *at-, from Proto-Eskimo *aci.


Island

1980, "Pissusissamisoorpoq Island nunarpullu suleqatigiissappata" ("It is proper that Iceland and Greenland [lit: our country] are going to work together") , Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten

North Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean#English

Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)


Anna

a female given name from Danish, equivalent to English Ann


Mari

a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Mary


inuk

inuit (plural)
inuk (absolutive singular)
inuit (absolutive plural)
inuup (ergative singular)
inuit (ergative plural)
inummut (allative singular)
inunnut (allative plural)
inummit (ablative singular)
inunniit (ablative plural)
inukkut (prosecutive singular)
inutsigut (plural prosecutive)
inummi (locative singular)
inunni (locative plural)
inummik (instrumental singular)
inunnik (instrumental plural)
inuttut (equative singular)
inuttut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *inuɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *iŋuɣ. Cognate of Inupiaq iñuk, Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃ (inok), and East Greenlandic iik.

Inuit BBC-meersut marloriarlutik Ammassalimmiissimapuut.siullermik^([sic]) martsimi, tassa taamani ukiup sikuani aalaakkammi filmiisoqarsimavoq.

The people from BBC have been in Ammassalik twice. The first time in March, ? on the firm ice [on the water] of the winter.

1982, August 4, Roland Thomsen, Atuagagdliutit, issue 31, "Tasiilami aasaq",
Inuit uummalersutut ilipput, pingaartumik umiarsualiviup eqqaani

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


kina

From Proto-Inuit *kina, from Proto-Eskimo *ki-na.


isi

isit (plural)
isi (absolutive singular)
isit (absolutive plural)
isip (ergative singular)
isit (ergative plural)
isimut (allative singular)
isinut (allative plural)
isimit (ablative singular)
isiniit (ablative plural)
isikkut (prosecutive singular)
isitigut (plural prosecutive)
isimi (locative singular)
isini (locative plural)
isimik (instrumental singular)
isinik (instrumental plural)
isitut (equative singular)
isitut (equative plural)

Form Proto-Eskimo *irǝ. Cognate of Inupiaq iri and Inuktitut ᐃᔨ (iyi), iji.


isi

isit (plural)
isi (absolutive singular)
isit (absolutive plural)
isip (ergative singular)
isit (ergative plural)
isimut (allative singular)
isinut (allative plural)
isimit (ablative singular)
isinit (ablative plural)
isikkut (prosecutive singular)
isitigut (plural prosecutive)
isimi (locative singular)
isini (locative plural)
isimik (instrumental singular)
isinik (instrumental plural)
isitut (equative singular)
isitut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *ici (“drum skin”), from Proto-Eskimo *ǝci (“drum skin, cover”).


kanna

kakku (plural)
kanna (absolutive singular)
kakku (absolutive plural)
katuma (ergative singular)
kakkua (ergative plural)
katumunnga (allative singular)
kakkununnga (allative plural)
katumannga (ablative singular)
kakkunannga (ablative plural)
katumuuna (prosecutive singular)
kakkunuuna (plural prosecutive)
katumani (locative singular)
kakkunani (locative plural)
katuminnga (instrumental singular)
kakkuninnga (instrumental plural)
katumatut (equative singular)
kakkunatut (equative plural)

down medial absolutive; that/he down a medial distance.


timi

timit (plural)
timi (absolutive singular)
timit (absolutive plural)
timip (ergative singular)
timit (ergative plural)
timimut (allative singular)
timinut (allative plural)
timimit (ablative singular)
timinit (ablative plural)
timikkut (prosecutive singular)
timitigut (plural prosecutive)
timimi (locative singular)
timini (locative plural)
timimik (instrumental singular)
timinik (instrumental plural)
timitut (equative singular)
timitut (equative plural)


Tyrkia

Turkey (a country located in Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in southwestern Asia)


Spania

Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)


kakku

plural of kanna; those down a medial distance.


kalaallisut

Kalaallisut oqalussinnaanngilanga.


kaffi

kaffi (absolutive singular)
kaffit (absolutive plural)
kaffip (ergative singular)
kaffit (ergative plural)
kaffimut (allative singular)
kaffinut (allative plural)
kaffimit (ablative singular)
kaffinit (ablative plural)
kaffikkut (prosecutive singular)
kaffitigut (plural prosecutive)
kaffimi (locative singular)
kaffini (locative plural)
kaffimik (instrumental singular)
kaffinik (instrumental plural)
kaffitut (equative singular)
kaffitut (equative plural)


ima

Inherited from Proto-Inuit *ima (“thus”), from Proto-Eskimo *imV (“thus”).


pølse

Puugutarsuit nerrivimmi saavaniittut nerisassanik qammipput. Nerisassat taama mamarunartigisut taamalu amerlatigisut takusimanngisaannarpai. Nersussuit neqaat siatat, kukkukuuaqqat siatat, savaaqqat neqaat saaniminertallit siatat, puulukip quttoraa, pølsit assigiinngitsorpassuit, baconit puulukillu siatat, naatsiiat uusut siatallu, puulukit aserortikkat siatat, eertat, guleruuat, miseqqat, ketchup minnerunngitsumillu mamakujuttut pebermyntepastillit.

2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 153:

The dishes in front of him were now piled with food. He had never seen so many things he liked to eat on one table: roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops and lamb chops, sausages, bacon and steak, boiled potatoes, roast potatoes, chips, Yorkshire pudding, peas, carrots, gravy, ketchup, and, for some strange reason, mint humbugs.


aak

aak (absolutive singular)
aavit (absolutive plural)
aap (ergative singular)
aavit (ergative plural)
aammut (allative singular)
aannut (allative plural)
aammit (ablative singular)
aannit (ablative plural)
aakkut (prosecutive singular)
aatsigut (plural prosecutive)
aammi (locative singular)
aanni (locative plural)
aammik (instrumental singular)
aannik (instrumental plural)
aattut (equative singular)
aattut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *a(r)uɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *aruɣ. Cognate with Inupiaq auk and Inuktitut ᐊᐅᒃ (aok).

"Harry Potter, nalunngiliuk enhjørningip aava sumut atorneqartartoq?"

2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 319:

"Harry Potter, do you know what unicorn blood is used for?"


manna

manna (absolutive singular)
makku (absolutive plural)
matuma (ergative singular)
makkua (ergative plural)
matumunnga (allative singular)
makkununnga (allative plural)
matumannga (ablative singular)
makkunannga (ablative plural)
matumuuna (prosecutive singular)
makkunuuna (plural prosecutive)
matumani (locative singular)
makkunani (locative plural)
matuminnga (instrumental singular)
makkuninnga (instrumental plural)
matumatut (equative singular)
makkunatut (equative plural)

2001 Louise Richter, for the Greenlandic Directorate of Culture, Education, Research and Ecclesiastical Affairs/Inerisaavik: "Kisitsineq/matematikki: Misilitsinnerit, naliliineq, atuartitsineq", p. 54

This year, there were 431 answers to the expanded test.

Ukioq manna annertusisamik misilitsinnermi akissutit 431-iupput.

(demonstrative) proximal pronoun; this here, he/she/it here.


herpes

1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit
Pasipiluppara kinguaassiuutitigut nappaat herpes pineqarsoralugu, tassami pineqartumut receptimi allassimammat tarnut Zovirax.

I strongly suspect that the person in question has the venereal disease of herpes, for a prescription for Zovirax cream was written to the person in question.


pana

panat (plural)
pana (absolutive singular)
panat (absolutive plural)
panap (ergative singular)
panat (ergative plural)
panamut (allative singular)
pananut (allative plural)
panamit (ablative singular)
pananit (ablative plural)
panakkut (prosecutive singular)
panatigut (plural prosecutive)
panami (locative singular)
panani (locative plural)
panamik (instrumental singular)
pananik (instrumental plural)
panatut (equative singular)
panatut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *pana (“spear, lance, large knife”), from Proto-Eskimo *pana (“spear, lance, knife”).

der

sword, snow knife (big rounded knife for cutting snow or ice e.g. when building an igloo)


siku

sikut (plural)
siku (absolutive singular)
sikut (absolutive plural)
sikup (ergative singular)
sikut (ergative plural)
sikumut (allative singular)
sikunut (allative plural)
sikumit (ablative singular)
sikunit (ablative plural)
sikukkut (prosecutive singular)
sikutigut (plural prosecutive)
sikumi (locative singular)
sikuni (locative plural)
sikumik (instrumental singular)
sikunik (instrumental plural)
sikutut (equative singular)
sikutut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *ciku (“ice”), from Proto-Eskimo *ciku (“ice”).

The people from BBC have been in Ammassalik twice. The first time in March, ? on winter's firm ice [on the water] ?


pilu

pilu (absolutive singular)
pilut (absolutive plural)
pilup (ergative singular)
pilut (ergative plural)
pilumut (allative singular)
pilunut (allative plural)
pilumit (ablative singular)
pilunit (ablative plural)
pilukkut (prosecutive singular)
pilutigut (plural prosecutive)
pilumi (locative singular)
piluni (locative plural)
pilumik (instrumental singular)
pilunik (instrumental plural)
pilutut (equative singular)
pilutut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *pIlu- (“leaf, bilberry shrub”), from Proto-Eskimo *pǝɫu- (“leaf”).


niu

nissut (plural)
niu (absolutive singular)
nissut (absolutive plural)
nissup (ergative singular)
nissut (ergative plural)
nissumut (allative singular)
nissunut (allative plural)
nissumit (ablative singular)
nissunit (ablative plural)
nissukkut (prosecutive singular)
nissutigut (plural prosecutive)
nissumi (locative singular)
nissuni (locative plural)
nissumik (instrumental singular)
nissunik (instrumental plural)
nissutut (equative singular)
nissutut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *niu (“leg, root”), from Proto-Eskimo *ńiʁu (“leg”). Compare niulu (“foot (of object), root (of plant)”). Cognates include Inupiaq niu and Inuktitut ᓂᐅ (nio).


tunu

tunu (absolutive singular)
tunut (absolutive plural)
tunup (ergative singular)
tunut (ergative plural)
tunumut (allative singular)
tununut (allative plural)
tunumit (ablative singular)
tununit (ablative plural)
tunukkut (prosecutive singular)
tunutigut (plural prosecutive)
tunumi (locative singular)
tununi (locative plural)
tunumik (instrumental singular)
tununik (instrumental plural)
tunutut (equative singular)
tunutut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *tunu (“back part, nape”), from Proto-Eskimo *tunuv- (“back part, nape”).


ajak

ajaat (plural)
ajak (absolutive singular)
ajaat (absolutive plural)
ajaap (ergative singular)
ajaat (ergative plural)
ajammut (allative singular)
ajannut (allative plural)
ajammit (ablative singular)
ajannit (ablative plural)
ajakkut (prosecutive singular)
ajatsigut (plural prosecutive)
ajammi (locative singular)
ajanni (locative plural)
ajammik (instrumental singular)
ajannik (instrumental plural)
ajattut (equative singular)
ajattut (equative plural)


suna

From Proto-Inuit *cu-na (“what, why, what to do”), from Proto-Eskimo *ca-ŋu- (“what, what to do”). Compare sooq (“why”).


pikku

absolute plural of pinnga; those up a medial distance.


ila

ilat (plural)
ila (absolutive singular)
ilat (absolutive plural)
ilap (ergative singular)
ilat (ergative plural)
ilamut (allative singular)
ilanut (allative plural)
ilamit (ablative singular)
ilanit (ablative plural)
ilakkut (prosecutive singular)
ilatigut (plural prosecutive)
ilami (locative singular)
ilani (locative plural)
ilamik (instrumental singular)
ilanik (instrumental plural)
ilatut (equative singular)
ilatut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *ila, from Proto-Eskimo *ila. Cognate with Aleut ilaanux̂.

ilakka aallareerput

nunap ilaa


Dortmund

Ilinniarnertuut 500-t Dortmund-ip ilisimatusarfiani katersuupput.

1997, “NUNARSUAQ TAMAAT QILAATERSORFIGAA”, in Atuagagdliutit:

500 students gathered in Dortmund university.

North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia#English

Dortmund (a major city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany)


tui

tuit (plural)
tui (absolutive singular)
tuit (absolutive plural)
tuip (ergative singular)
tuit (ergative plural)
tuimut (allative singular)
tuinut (allative plural)
tuimit (ablative singular)
tuinit (ablative plural)
tuikkut (prosecutive singular)
tuitigut (plural prosecutive)
tuimi (locative singular)
tuini (locative plural)
tuimik (instrumental singular)
tuinik (instrumental plural)
tuiitut (equative singular)
tuiitut (equative plural)


æbleskive

Borrowed from Danish æbleskive (literally “apple slice”).


nunavik

head

nunavik (plural nunaffiit, and nunaviit)

nunaffiit (plural)
nunaviit (plural)
nunavik (absolutive singular)
nunaviit (absolutive plural)
nunaviup (ergative singular)
nunaviit (ergative plural)
nunavimmut (allative singular)
nunavinnut (allative plural)
nunavimmit (ablative singular)
nunavinnit (ablative plural)
nunavikkut (prosecutive singular)
nunavitsigut (plural prosecutive)
nunavimmi (locative singular)
nunavinni (locative plural)
nunavimmik (instrumental singular)
nunavinnik (instrumental plural)
nunavittut (equative singular)
nunavittut (equative plural)


banani

Borrowed from Danish banan, from French banane, from Portuguese or Spanish banana, from Wolof banaana.


basaari

Borrowed from Danish basar, ultimately from Persian بازار (bâzâr), from Middle Persian wʾčʾl (wāzār); see it for more.


raaja

raajat (plural)
raaja (absolutive singular)
raajat (absolutive plural)
raajap (ergative singular)
raajat (ergative plural)
raajamut (allative singular)
raajanut (allative plural)
raajamit (ablative singular)
raajanit (ablative plural)
raajakkut (prosecutive singular)
raajatigut (plural prosecutive)
raajami (locative singular)
raajani (locative plural)
raajamik (instrumental singular)
raajanik (instrumental plural)
raajatut (equative singular)
raajatut (equative plural)


kommunisti

kommunistit (plural)
kommunisti (absolutive singular)
kommunistit (absolutive plural)
kommunistip (ergative singular)
kommunistit (ergative plural)
kommunistimut (allative singular)
kommunistinut (allative plural)
kommunistimit (ablative singular)
kommunistiniit (ablative plural)
kommunistikkut (prosecutive singular)
kommunistitigut (plural prosecutive)
kommunistimi (locative singular)
kommunistini (locative plural)
kommunistimik (instrumental singular)
kommunistinik (instrumental plural)
kommunistitut (equative singular)
kommunistitut (equative plural)


bakki

bakkit (plural)
bakki (absolutive singular)
bakkit (absolutive plural)
bakkip (ergative singular)
bakkit (ergative plural)
bakkimut (allative singular)
bakkinut (allative plural)
bakkimit (ablative singular)
bakkinit (ablative plural)
bakkikkut (prosecutive singular)
bakkitigut (plural prosecutive)
bakkimi (locative singular)
bakkini (locative plural)
bakkimik (instrumental singular)
bakkinik (instrumental plural)
bakkitut (equative singular)
bakkitut (equative plural)

Borrowed from Danish bakke (“hill”), from Old Danish bakkæ, from Old Norse bakki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.


batteri

Borrowed from Danish batteri, from French batterie, from Old French baterie.


biografi

Borrowed from Danish biograf (“cinema”).


tuttu

tuttut (plural)
tuttu (absolutive singular)
tuttut (absolutive plural)
tuttup (ergative singular)
tuttut (ergative plural)
tuttumut (allative singular)
tuttunut (allative plural)
tuttumit (ablative singular)
tuttunit (ablative plural)
tuttukkut (prosecutive singular)
tuttutigut (plural prosecutive)
tuttumi (locative singular)
tuttuni (locative plural)
tuttumik (instrumental singular)
tuttunik (instrumental plural)
tuttutut (equative singular)
tuttutut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *tuktu, from Proto-Eskimo *tuŋtu.

barren-ground caribou
barren-ground caribou

barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus)


aja

ajat (plural)
aja (absolutive singular)
ajat (absolutive plural)
ajap (ergative singular)
ajat (ergative plural)
ajamut (allative singular)
ajanut (allative plural)
ajamit (ablative singular)
ajanit (ablative plural)
ajakkut (prosecutive singular)
ajatigut (plural prosecutive)
ajami (locative singular)
ajani (locative plural)
ajamik (instrumental singular)
ajanik (instrumental plural)
ajatut (equative singular)
ajatut (equative plural)


aavaa

From Proto-Inuit *ai- (“fetch”), from Proto-Eskimo *aɣǝ- (“go for a walk”).

"Ajuusaarpunga, Harry," aliasulluni oqarpoq. "Snape marsileruttorlugu anillappoq aperalungalu sulerinersunga akigakkulu Flitwick utaqqillugu taanna aavaa. Allatut ajornartumik Flitwick oqaloqatigisariaqarsimavara oqaloqatigineranilu Snape qimaasimavoq. Nalulluinnarpara sumunnarnersoq!"

2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 332:

"I'm sorry, Harry!" she wailed. "Snape came out and asked me what I was doing, so I said I was waiting for Flitwick, and Snape went to get him, and I've only just got away. I don't know where Snape went."


suli

From Proto-Inuit *culi (“still, more, again, also”), from Proto-Eskimo *ca/u-li (“more, also, still”).


tingi

From Proto-Inuit *tǝŋǝ (“pubic hair, throat hair of caribou”), from Proto-Eskimo *tǝŋǝ (“pubic hair, throat hair of caribou”). Compare tiingavoq (“is horny”), and tingajuk (“throat hair of caribou”).


Mika

a male given name from Danish, equivalent to English Michael


biologi

Borrowed from Danish biolog (“biologist”).


aviisi

Borrowed from Danish avis, from French avis, from Middle French advis, from Old French avis.

Soorunami siornatigut aviisitigut allatigullu qaamasunik amillit qanoq isikkoqarnersut ilisimareeraluarlugit sunaaffa aatsaat iluamik inuttarsisut.

While they had, of course, already seen people with light skin in news papers and the like, it turned out that they had not met any in the flesh.

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.


aalisaq

From Proto-Inuit *ailita- (“wall skin”).


Uunartoq Qeqertaq

uunartoq (“really hot”) (from uunarpoq (“is really hot”)) + qeqertaq (“island”); compare Alutiiq Qik’rtaq (“(Kodiak) island”).

Warming Island, island off the east coast of Greenland.


balletti

Borrowed from Danish ballet, either from French ballet or directly from Italian balletto, the diminutive form of ballo (“dance, ball”).


Piia

Borrowed from Danish Beate and, later, from Pia.


-nar

qasuvoq (“is tired”) -> qasunarpoq (“is tiring, is boring”)

annerpoq (“feels pain”) -> annernarpoq (“is painful, hurts”)


Tysklandi

Germany (a country in Central Europe, formed in 1949 as West Germany, with its provisional capital Bonn until 1990, when it incorporated East Germany)


putu

putut (plural)
putu (absolutive singular)
putut (absolutive plural)
putup (ergative singular)
putut (ergative plural)
putumut (allative singular)
putunut (allative plural)
putumit (ablative singular)
putunit (ablative plural)
putukkut (prosecutive singular)
pututigut (plural prosecutive)
putumi (locative singular)
putuni (locative plural)
putumik (instrumental singular)
putunik (instrumental plural)
pututut (equative singular)
pututut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *putu(-) (“hole through something, to pierce, has a hole”), from Proto-Eskimo *putru(-) (“hole, to pierce”). Compare putuvoq (“is perforated”), and pussorpoq (“has a hole worn in it”).


-ssa

Nammineq tissassarluni inersinnaannginnerluni anisuualu qanoq ililluni anisassava?

I wonder if he will be unable to stimulate himself to an orgasm, and how will the semen leave?


bakteria

Probably loaned from Danish bakterie or English bacteria.


nappaat

nappaatit (plural)
nappaat (absolutive singular)
nappaatit (absolutive plural)
nappaatip (ergative singular)
nappaatit (ergative plural)
nappaammut (allative singular)
nappaatinut (allative plural)
nappaammit (ablative singular)
nappaatinit (ablative plural)
nappaatikkut (prosecutive singular)
nappaatitigut (plural prosecutive)
nappaammi (locative singular)
nappaatini (locative plural)
nappaammik (instrumental singular)
nappaatinik (instrumental plural)
nappaatitut (equative singular)
nappaatitut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *nappa-nt (“soul of a man or animal”), from Proto-Eskimo *Napa- (“soul, heart”).


-ler

aki (“currency, price”) -> akilerpaa (“pays”)

ateq (“name”) -> atserpaa (“names, gives a name to”)


-ler

has begun to [verb], is about to [verb], is in the process of [verb]ing


kaak

kaat (plural)
kaak (absolutive singular)
kaaat (absolutive plural)
kaaap (ergative singular)
kaaat (ergative plural)
kaammut (allative singular)
kaannut (allative plural)
kaammit (ablative singular)
kaannit (ablative plural)
kaakkut (prosecutive singular)
kaatsigut (plural prosecutive)
kaammi (locative singular)
kaanni (locative plural)
kaammik (instrumental singular)
kaannik (instrumental plural)
kaattut (equative singular)
kaattut (equative plural)

From Proto-Eskimo *kaɣǝ-. Cognate with Inupiaq kauk (“walrus skin for food”).


umiaq

umiat (plural)
umiaq (absolutive singular)
umiat (absolutive plural)
umiap (ergative singular)
umiat (ergative plural)
umiamut (allative singular)
umianut (allative plural)
umiamit (ablative singular)
umianit (ablative plural)
umiakkut (prosecutive singular)
umiatigut (plural prosecutive)
umiami (locative singular)
umiani (locative plural)
umiamik (instrumental singular)
umianik (instrumental plural)
umiatut (equative singular)
umiatut (equative plural)

→ Danish: umiak

From Proto-Inuit *umia- (“large skin-boat, owner of big boat”), from Proto-Eskimo *umi(r)a- (“large skin-boat”).


panik

paniit (plural)
panik (absolutive singular)
paniit (absolutive plural)
paniup (ergative singular)
paniit (ergative plural)
panimmut (allative singular)
paninnut (allative plural)
panimmit (ablative singular)
paninnit (ablative plural)
panikkut (prosecutive singular)
panitsigut (plural prosecutive)
panimmi (locative singular)
paninni (locative plural)
panimmik (instrumental singular)
paninnik (instrumental plural)
panittut (equative singular)
panittut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *paniɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *paniɣ.

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.


illu

illut (plural)
illu (absolutive singular)
illut (absolutive plural)
illup (ergative singular)
illut (ergative plural)
illumik (instrumental singular)
illunik (instrumental plural)
illumut (allative singular)
illunut (allative plural)
illumit (ablative singular)
illunit (ablative plural)
illumi (locative singular)
illuni (locative plural)
illukkut (singular)
illutigut (plural)
illutut (equative)
illuga (absolutive singular)
illukka (absolutive plural)
illuma (ergative)
illunnik (instrumental)
illunnut (allative)
illunnit (ablative)
illunni (locative)
illukkut
illuttut (equative)

From Proto-Inuit *ǝɣlu, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝŋlu. Cognate with Inuktitut iglu. False cognate of Telugu ఇల్లు (illu).

Illuga tungujortuuvoq.


kalaallit

inflection of kalaaleq:
plural absolutive


Danmarki

Borrowed from Danish Danmark, from Old Norse Danmǫrk.


Kalaallit Nunaat

Kalaallit (“Greenlanders”) + nunaat (“their country”)

compound

Greenland (a large self-governing island and dependent territory of Denmark, in North America)

Kalaallit Nunaanni nunaqarpunga.


nunaat

nunaat (absolutive singular)
nunaatit (absolutive plural)
nunaatip (ergative singular)
nunaatit (ergative plural)
nunaammut (allative singular)
nunaatinut (allative plural)
nunaammit (ablative singular)
nunaatinit (ablative plural)
nunaatikkut (prosecutive singular)
nunaatitigut (plural prosecutive)
nunaammi (locative singular)
nunaatini (locative plural)
nunaammik (instrumental singular)
nunaatinik (instrumental plural)
nunaatitut (equative singular)
nunaatitut (equative plural)

absolutive singular/plural third-person plural possessive of nuna (“country, land”)


iffiaq

straw basket (or other thing made of straw)


matuersaat

From matuerpaa (“opens it”), from matu (“lid, door”).


pingasut

From Proto-Inuit *piŋaju-, from Proto-Eskimo *piŋa-ju-.


Tuluit Nunaat

12 February 2020, Nukappiaaluk Hansen: "Sulorarnermi EM: Kalaallit Sverigemut Tulunnullu ajorsarput", sermitsiaq.ag

Tuluit Nunaanni nunaqarpunga.

1 February 2019, Walter Turnowsky: "Savalimmiut Tuluit Nunaallu killilersugaanngitsumik niueqatigiinnissamut isumaqatigiissuteqarput", sermitsiaq.ag


naagga

From Proto-Inuit *na- (“no, negation”), from Proto-Eskimo *na- (“no, negation”). Cognate with Inupiaq naagga.


pujortaat

From pujortarpoq (“smokes tobacco”) + -utï (“means”).


immaqa

Immaqa imaassinnaavoq aamma nunattinni tv-mik isiginnaartartut periarfissinneqarumaartut takusinnaasallugu.


arfineq marluk

From arfineq (“cross over point”) + marluk (“two”). Literally "two after reaching the edge of the hand".


arfineq pingasut

From arfineq (“cross over point”) + pingasut (“three”). Literally "three after reaching the edge of the hand".


nasaq

From Proto-Inuit *naca- (“hood, cap”), from Proto-Eskimo *naca- (“hood”).


tupeq

From Proto-Inuit *tupǝʁ (“tent”), from Proto-Eskimo *tupǝʁ (“tent, wickiup”).


arfinillit

Fortescue proposes derivation from Proto-Eskimo *aʁvaɣ (“edge of the hand”), referring to something which comes after reaching the fifth finger. Alternatively, Dorais and Starostin both propose derivation from Proto-Inuit *aʁvi-, from Proto-Eskimo *aʁvi-, both meaning "cross over", referring to crossing over to the next hand after reaching the fifth digit.


qatanngut

From Proto-Inuit *qataŋŋunt (“sibling”), from Proto-Eskimo *qat(a)ŋu-nt (“sibling”).


Pukkitsormiut

Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands#English

constituent countries
constituent country

Netherlands (The main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located primarily in Western Europe bordering Germany and Belgium)

Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (a country in Western Europe, consisting of four constituent countries: the Netherlands per se, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten)


nateq

From Proto-Inuit *natǝʁ (“bottom, floor, floorboard”), from Proto-Eskimo *natǝ(ʁ) (“bottom, floor”). Compare nataaq (“bottom”), and natsit (“floorboard”).


ataaseq

From Proto-Inuit *ätạụccị-, from Proto-Eskimo *ataʁu-ci-. Cognate of Inupiaq atausriq, Inuktitut ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ (ataosiq) and East Greenlandic alaasiq.


sisamat

From Proto-Inuit *citama-, from Proto-Eskimo *cǝtama-.


nukappiaraq

nukappiaqqat (plural)
nukappiaraq (absolutive singular)
nukappiaqqat (absolutive plural)
nukappiaqqap (ergative singular)
nukappiaqqat (ergative plural)
nukappiaqqamut (allative singular)
nukappiaqqanut (allative plural)
nukappiaqqamit (ablative singular)
nukappiaqqanit (ablative plural)
nukappiaqqakkut (prosecutive singular)
nukappiaqqatigut (plural prosecutive)
nukappiaqqami (locative singular)
nukappiaqqani (locative plural)
nukappiaqqamik (instrumental singular)
nukappiaqqanik (instrumental plural)
nukappiaqqatut (equative singular)
nukappiaqqatut (equative plural)

Perhaps derived using -araq (“young, not adult”).


qulit

From Proto-Inuit *qulǝ, from Proto-Eskimo *qulǝ(ŋ).


aqisseq

From Proto-Inuit *ạqarɣị(ʁ), from Proto-Eskimo *aqărɣiʁ. Cognate of Inuktitut ᐊᕿᓪᒋᖅ (aqilciq) and Inupiaq aqargiq.


tallimat

From Proto-Inuit *tallima-t, from Proto-Eskimo *taɫima-. This is related to taleq (“arm”), referring to the five fingers which make up the arm.


allaffik

allaffiit (plural)
allaffik (absolutive singular)
allaffiit (absolutive plural)
allaffiup (ergative singular)
allaffiit (ergative plural)
allaffimmut (allative singular)
allaffinnut (allative plural)
allaffimmit (ablative singular)
allaffinnit (ablative plural)
allaffikkut (prosecutive singular)
allaffitsigut (plural prosecutive)
allaffimmi (locative singular)
allaffinni (locative plural)
allaffimmik (instrumental singular)
allaffinnik (instrumental plural)
allaffittut (equative singular)
allaffittut (equative plural)


oqaluttuaq

Aappariit Dursleykkut sisamanngornermi avaanngunartumi uagut oqaluttuatta aallartiffiani, itermata, silami qulisimasumiit siulittuutigineqanngilaq, nunami tamarmi eqqumeeqisunik paasissaalluanngitsunik pisoqarumaartoq.


qulingiluat

From Proto-Eskimo *quləŋŋuʀutəŋit- (“nine”), originally from *qulə(t) (“ten”) + *-ŋŋur (“become”) + *-utǝ (“do with”) + *-ŋit (“lack”), literally "lacking in becoming ten".

Teknikerit 28-vit isiginnaartitsisartullu qulinigiluat^([sic – meaning qulingiluat]) Tunumiisimanertik naammagisimaaqaat.

The 28 technicians and nine actors [something] their stay in Tunu.


erfalasoq

erfalasut (plural)
erfalasoq (absolutive singular)
erfalasut (absolutive plural)
erfalasup (ergative singular)
erfalasut (ergative plural)
erfalasumut (allative singular)
erfalasunut (allative plural)
erfalasumit (ablative singular)
erfalasunit (ablative plural)
erfalasukkut (prosecutive singular)
erfalasutigut (plural prosecutive)
erfalasumi (locative singular)
erfalasuni (locative plural)
erfalasumik (instrumental singular)
erfalasunik (instrumental plural)
erfalasutut (equative singular)
erfalasutut (equative plural)


igaffik

igaffiit (plural)
igaffik (absolutive singular)
igaffiit (absolutive plural)
igaffiup (ergative singular)
igaffiit (ergative plural)
igaffimmut (allative singular)
igaffinnut (allative plural)
igaffimmit (ablative singular)
igaffinnit (ablative plural)
igaffikkut (prosecutive singular)
igaffitsigut (plural prosecutive)
igaffimmi (locative singular)
igaffinni (locative plural)
igaffimmik (instrumental singular)
igaffinnik (instrumental plural)
igaffittut (equative singular)
igaffittut (equative plural)


narsaq

narsat (plural)
narsaq (absolutive singular)
narsat (absolutive plural)
narsap (ergative singular)
narsat (ergative plural)
narsamut (allative singular)
narsanut (allative plural)
narsamit (ablative singular)
narsanit (ablative plural)
narsakkut (prosecutive singular)
narsatigut (plural prosecutive)
narsami (locative singular)
narsani (locative plural)
narsamik (instrumental singular)
narsanik (instrumental plural)
narsatut (equative singular)
narsatut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *naqra- (“valley, mountain pass”), from Proto-Eskimo *Naqra- (“valley, mountain pass”).


marluk

From Proto-Inuit *malʁu- (“two, pair”), from Proto-Eskimo *malǝʁu- (“two, pair”). It is likely that the -k ending is a remnant of the, now obsolete, dual ending -k.

BBC-p qaammatini marlunni filmiliornini TV-mi takutittagassaq tuluit ilisimasassarsiortuannut Sir Ernerst Schackleton-imut tunngasoq naammassigaat

BBC has finished two months of filming for a TV series about English explorer Sir Ernerst Schackleton


illoqarfik

illoqarfiit (plural)
illoqarfik (absolutive singular)
illoqarfiit (absolutive plural)
illoqarfiup (ergative singular)
illoqarfiit (ergative plural)
illoqarfimmut (allative singular)
illoqarfinnut (allative plural)
illoqarfimmit (ablative singular)
illoqarfinnit (ablative plural)
illoqarfikkut (prosecutive singular)
illoqarfitsigut (plural prosecutive)
illoqarfimmi (locative singular)
illoqarfinni (locative plural)
illoqarfimmik (instrumental singular)
illoqarfinnik (instrumental plural)
illoqarfittut (equative singular)
illoqarfittut (equative plural)

illu (“house”) + -qar (“there are”) + -vik (“place”)


atuarfik

atuarfiit (plural)
atuarfik (absolutive singular)
atuarfiit (absolutive plural)
atuarfiup (ergative singular)
atuarfiit (ergative plural)
atuarfimmut (allative singular)
atuarfinnut (allative plural)
atuarfimmit (ablative singular)
atuarfinnit (ablative plural)
atuarfikkut (prosecutive singular)
atuarfitsigut (plural prosecutive)
atuarfimmi (locative singular)
atuarfinni (locative plural)
atuarfimmik (instrumental singular)
atuarfinnik (instrumental plural)
atuarfittut (equative singular)
atuarfittut (equative plural)

atuarpoq (“reads, attends school”) + -vik (“place”)


oqaaseq

oqaatsit (plural)
oqaaseq (absolutive singular)
oqaatsit (absolutive plural)
oqaatsip (ergative singular)
oqaatsit (ergative plural)
oqaatsimut (allative singular)
oqaatsinut (allative plural)
oqaatsimit (ablative singular)
oqaatsinit (ablative plural)
oqaatsikkut (prosecutive singular)
oqaatsitigut (plural prosecutive)
oqaatsimi (locative singular)
oqaatsini (locative plural)
oqaatsimik (instrumental singular)
oqaatsinik (instrumental plural)
oqaatsitut (equative singular)
oqaatsitut (equative plural)


aqerluusaq

aqerluusat (plural)
aqerluusaq (absolutive singular)
aqerluusat (absolutive plural)
aqerluusap (ergative singular)
aqerluusat (ergative plural)
aqerluusamut (allative singular)
aqerluusanut (allative plural)
aqerluusamit (ablative singular)
aqerluusanit (ablative plural)
aqerluusakkut (prosecutive singular)
aqerluusatigut (plural prosecutive)
aqerluusami (locative singular)
aqerluusani (locative plural)
aqerluusamik (instrumental singular)
aqerluusanik (instrumental plural)
aqerluusatut (equative singular)
aqerluusatut (equative plural)

From aqerloq (“lead”) + -usaq (“something like”).


tujuuluk

tujuuluit (plural)
tujuuluk (absolutive singular)
tujuuluit (absolutive plural)
tujuuluup (ergative singular)
tujuuluit (ergative plural)
tujuulummut (allative singular)
tujuulunnut (allative plural)
tujuulummit (ablative singular)
tujuulunnit (ablative plural)
tujuulukkut (prosecutive singular)
tujuulutsigut (plural prosecutive)
tujuulummi (locative singular)
tujuulunni (locative plural)
tujuulummik (instrumental singular)
tujuulunnik (instrumental plural)
tujuuluttut (equative singular)
tujuuluttut (equative plural)


kangerluk

kangerluit (plural)
kangerluk (absolutive singular)
kangerluit (absolutive plural)
kangerluup (ergative singular)
kangerluit (ergative plural)
kangerlummut (allative singular)
kangerlunnut (allative plural)
kangerlummit (ablative singular)
kangerlunnit (ablative plural)
kangerlukkut (prosecutive singular)
kangerlutsigut (plural prosecutive)
kangerlummi (locative singular)
kangerlunni (locative plural)
kangerlummik (instrumental singular)
kangerlunnik (instrumental plural)
kangerluttut (equative singular)
kangerluttut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *kaŋi-ʁ (“inner part, land side, source, innermost, inland”), from Proto-Eskimo *kaŋi- (“inner part of land, upstream”).


oqaluffik

oqaluffiit (plural)
oqaluffik (absolutive singular)
oqaluffiit (absolutive plural)
oqaluffiup (ergative singular)
oqaluffiit (ergative plural)
oqaluffimmut (allative singular)
oqaluffinnut (allative plural)
oqaluffimmit (ablative singular)
oqaluffinnit (ablative plural)
oqaluffikkut (prosecutive singular)
oqaluffitsigut (plural prosecutive)
oqaluffimmi (locative singular)
oqaluffinni (locative plural)
oqaluffimmik (instrumental singular)
oqaluffinnik (instrumental plural)
oqaluffittut (equative singular)
oqaluffittut (equative plural)


isertarfik

isertarfiit (plural)
isertarfik (absolutive singular)
isertarfiit (absolutive plural)
isertarfiup (ergative singular)
isertarfiit (ergative plural)
isertarfimmut (allative singular)
isertarfinnut (allative plural)
isertarfimmit (ablative singular)
isertarfinnit (ablative plural)
isertarfikkut (prosecutive singular)
isertarfitsigut (plural prosecutive)
isertarfimmi (locative singular)
isertarfinni (locative plural)
isertarfimmik (instrumental singular)
isertarfinnik (instrumental plural)
isertarfittut (equative singular)
isertarfittut (equative plural)

iserpoq (“enters”) + -tar (“usually”) + -vik (“place”)


Qallunaat Nunaat

Qallunaat Nunaat Kalaallillu Nunaat qanoq qulakkeeriffigineqarnikuuppat, Thule Air Base-p sullissinermi isumaqatigiissutaanut, qallunaat/kalaallillu suliffeqarfiutaannut, taakkualu suliffeqarfiit Naalagaaffiup iluaniiginnarnissaat anguniarlugu.

2014 February 22, Nuka Jørgensen, “Naalagaaffiup Pituffik qanoq aningaasarsiorfigaa?”, in Sermitsiaq:

2016 August 28, Sorlannguaq Petersen, “Musik video ingerlatinneqaqattaartoq: Josefip Qallunaat Nunaat kamaatigaa”, in Sermitsiaq:


iluliaq

ilulissat (plural)
iluliaq (absolutive singular)
ilulissat (absolutive plural)
ilulissap (ergative singular)
ilulissat (ergative plural)
ilulissamut (allative singular)
ilulissanut (allative plural)
ilulissamit (ablative singular)
ilulissanit (ablative plural)
ilulissakkut (prosecutive singular)
ilulissatigut (plural prosecutive)
ilulissami (locative singular)
ilulissani (locative plural)
ilulissamik (instrumental singular)
ililissanik (instrumental plural)
ilulissatut (equative singular)
ilulissatut (equative plural)

Possibly from iloq (“frost pattern, ice pattern”), from Proto-Inuit *ilu- (“rime frost, form frost”), from Proto-Eskimo *ilu- (“rime, frost”).


qaammataasaq

qaammataasat (plural)
qaammataasaq (absolutive singular)
qaammataasat (absolutive plural)
qaammataasap (ergative singular)
qaammataasat (ergative plural)
qaammataasamut (allative singular)
qaammataasanut (allative plural)
qaammataasamit (ablative singular)
qaammataasanit (ablative plural)
qaammataasakkut (prosecutive singular)
qaammataasatigut (plural prosecutive)
qaammataasami (locative singular)
qaammataasani (locative plural)
qaammataasamik (instrumental singular)
qaammataasanik (instrumental plural)
qaammataasatut (equative singular)
qaammataasatut (equative plural)


uffarfik

uffarfiit (plural)
uffarfik (absolutive singular)
uffarfiit (absolutive plural)
uffarfiup (ergative singular)
uffarfiit (ergative plural)
uffarfimmut (allative singular)
uffarfinnut (allative plural)
uffarfimmit (ablative singular)
uffarfinnit (ablative plural)
uffarfikkut (prosecutive singular)
uffarfitsigut (plural prosecutive)
uffarfimmi (locative singular)
uffarfinni (locative plural)
uffarfimmik (instrumental singular)
uffarfinnik (instrumental plural)
uffarfittut (equative singular)
uffarfittut (equative plural)

From uffarpoq (“have a bath”) + -vik (“place for”).


nakorsaq

nakorsat (plural)
nakorsaq (absolutive singular)
nakorsat (absolutive plural)
nakorsap (ergative singular)
nakorsat (ergative plural)
nakorsamut (allative singular)
nakorsanut (allative plural)
nakorsamit (ablative singular)
nakorsanit (ablative plural)
nakorsakkut (prosecutive singular)
nakorsatigut (plural prosecutive)
nakorsami (locative singular)
nakorsani (locative plural)
nakorsamik (instrumental singular)
nakorsanik (instrumental plural)
nakorsatut (equative singular)
nakorsatut (equative plural)

Nakorsap arnap tamatumunnga oqaaseqarnermini ilaatigut oqarpoq qularnanngitsumik angut taanna meeraagallarami toqqissisimanartumik amigaateqarluinnarsimassasoq.


ilisimatusarfik

ilisimatusarfiit (plural)
ilisimatusarfikk (absolutive singular)
ilisimatusarfikit (absolutive plural)
ilisimatusarfikup (ergative singular)
ilisimatusarfikit (ergative plural)
ilisimatusarfikmmut (allative singular)
ilisimatusarfiknnut (allative plural)
ilisimatusarfikmmit (ablative singular)
ilisimatusarfiknnit (ablative plural)
ilisimatusarfikkkut (prosecutive singular)
ilisimatusarfiktsigut (plural prosecutive)
ilisimatusarfikmmi (locative singular)
ilisimatusarfiknni (locative plural)
ilisimatusarfikmmik (instrumental singular)
ilisimatusarfiknnik (instrumental plural)
ilisimatusarfikttut (equative singular)
ilisimatusarfikttut (equative plural)

From ilisimatusarpoq (“study, research”) + -vik (“place”).

Ilinniarnertuut 500-t Dortmund-ip ilisimatusarfiani katersuupput.


asanninneq

asanninnerit (plural)
asanninneq (absolutive singular)
asanninnerit (absolutive plural)
asanninnerup (ergative singular)
asanninnerit (ergative plural)
asanninnermut (allative singular)
asanninnernut (allative plural)
asanninnermit (ablative singular)
asanninnernit (ablative plural)
asanninnikkut (prosecutive singular)
asanninnertigut (plural prosecutive)
asanninnermi (locative singular)
asanninnerni (locative plural)
asanninnermik (instrumental singular)
asanninnernik (instrumental plural)
asanninnertut (equative singular)
asanninnertut (equative plural)

From asannippoq (“be loving”) + -neq (“abstract participle”).

"Anaanavit inuunini illit pillutit pilliutigaa. Voldemortip paasisinnaanngisaasa pingaarnersarigunarpaat asanninneq. Voldemortup paasinngitsoorpaa anaanavit ilinnut asanninnera sakkortungaarmat ilisarnaaserneqartutit..."

2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 367:

"Your mother died to save you. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love. He didn't realise that love as powerful as your mother's for you leaves its own mark..."


uanga

uanga (absolutive singular)
uagut (absolutive plural)
uannut (allative singular)
uatsinnut (allative plural)
uannit (ablative singular)
uatsinnit (ablative plural)
uakkut (prosecutive singular)
uatsigut (plural prosecutive)
uanni (locative singular)
uatsinni (locative plural)
uannik (instrumental singular)
uatsinnik (instrumental plural)
uattut (equative singular)
uatsitut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *uva-ŋa (“I, we”), from Proto-Eskimo *vi (“I, we”). Compare uagut (“we, us”).


ikinngut

ikinngutit (plural)
ikinngut (absolutive singular)
ikinngutit (absolutive plural)
ikinngutip (ergative singular)
ikinngutit (ergative plural)
ikinngummut (allative singular)
ikinngutinut (allative plural)
ikinngummit (ablative singular)
ikinngutinit (ablative plural)
ikinngutikkut (prosecutive singular)
ikinngutitigut (plural prosecutive)
ikinngummi (locative singular)
ikinngutini (locative plural)
ikinngummik (instrumental singular)
ikinngutinik (instrumental plural)
ikinngutitut (equative singular)
ikinngutitut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *Ikiŋŋ-unt, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝkŋǝɣ-. Cognate of East Greenlandic iqinngut.

Ikinngutigaakkit.


qanik

qaniit (plural)
qanik (absolutive singular)
qaniit (absolutive plural)
qaniup (ergative singular)
qaniit (ergative plural)
qanimmut (allative singular)
qaninnut (allative plural)
qanimmit (ablative singular)
qaninnit (ablative plural)
qanikkut (prosecutive singular)
qanitsigut (plural prosecutive)
qanimmi (locative singular)
qaninni (locative plural)
qanimmik (instrumental singular)
qaninnik (instrumental plural)
qanittut (equative singular)
qanittut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *qan(n)iГ (“falling snow, snowflake, snow”), from Proto-Eskimo *qaniɣ (“falling snow”). Compare qannerpoq (“snows”).


eqaluk

eqaluit (plural)
eqaluk (absolutive singular)
eqaluit (absolutive plural)
eqaluup (ergative singular)
eqaluit (ergative plural)
eqalummut (allative singular)
eqalunnut (allative plural)
eqalummit (ablative singular)
eqalunnit (ablative plural)
eqalukkut (prosecutive singular)
eqalutsigut (plural prosecutive)
eqalummi (locative singular)
eqalunni (locative plural)
eqalummik (instrumental singular)
eqalunnik (instrumental plural)
eqaluttut (equative singular)
eqaluttut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *ǝqaluɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝqaɫuɣ. Cognate of Inuktitut ᐃᖃᓗᒃ (iqalok) and Inupiaq qalukpik.

Salvelinus alpinus
Salvelinus alpinus#Translingual


sianeq

sianerit (plural)
sianeq (absolutive singular)
sianerit (absolutive plural)
sianerup (ergative singular)
sianerit (ergative plural)
sianermut (allative singular)
sianernut (allative plural)
sianermit (ablative singular)
sianernit (ablative plural)
sianikkut (prosecutive singular)
sianertigut (plural prosecutive)
sianermi (locative singular)
sianerni (locative plural)
sianermik (instrumental singular)
sianernik (instrumental plural)
sianertut (equative singular)
sianertut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *civa-nǝʁ (“bell, unpleasant high-pitched noise”), from Proto-Eskimo *cǝva- (“sizzle, unpleasant high-pitched noise”).


eqalussuaq

eqalussuit (plural)
eqalussuaq (absolutive singular)
eqalussuit (absolutive plural)
eqalussuup (ergative singular)
eqalussuit (ergative plural)
eqalussuarmut (allative singular)
eqalussuarnut (allative plural)
eqalussuarmit (ablative singular)
eqalussuarnit (ablative plural)
eqalussuakkut (prosecutive singular)
eqalussuartigut (plural prosecutive)
eqalussuarmi (locative singular)
eqalussuarni (locative plural)
eqalussuarmik (instrumental singular)
eqalussuarnik (instrumental plural)
eqalussuartut (equative singular)
eqalussuartut (equative plural)

From eqaluk (“Arctic char”) + -suaq (“big”).

Somniosus microcephalus
Somniosus microcephalus#Translingual

Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus)


ukiaq

ukiat (plural)
ukiaq (absolutive singular)
ukiat (absolutive plural)
ukiap (ergative singular)
ukiat (ergative plural)
ukiamut (allative singular)
ukianut (allative plural)
ukiamit (ablative singular)
ukianit (ablative plural)
ukiakkut (prosecutive singular)
ukiatigut (plural prosecutive)
ukiami (locative singular)
ukiani (locative plural)
ukiamik (instrumental singular)
ukianik (instrumental plural)
ukiatut (equative singular)
ukiatut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *ukiu- (“winter, autumn, year, spend the winter”), from Proto-Eskimo *ukju(r) (“winter, autumn, year”). Compare ukioq (“winter, year”), and ukiivoq (“spends the winter”).


niviarsiaq

niviarsissat (plural)
niviarsiaq (absolutive singular)
niviarsissat (absolutive plural)
niviarsissap (ergative singular)
niviarsissat (ergative plural)
niviarsissamut (allative singular)
niviarsissanut (allative plural)
niviarsissamit (ablative singular)
niviarsissanit (ablative plural)
niviarsissakkut (prosecutive singular)
niviarsissatigut (plural prosecutive)
niviarsissami (locative singular)
niviarsissani (locative plural)
niviarsissamik (instrumental singular)
niviarsissanik (instrumental plural)
niviarsissatut (equative singular)
niviarsisatut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *niviaqcǝɣa- (“girl, young unmarried woman”), from Proto-Eskimo *nǝviaʁcǝɣa (“girl, young unmarried woman”). Compare niviarsiaraq (“girl”), and niviaq (“girl”).

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dwarf fireweed (Chamaenerion latifolium); the national flower of Greenland


aaveq

aarrit (plural)
aarfit (plural)
aaveq (absolutive singular)
aarrit (absolutive plural)
aarrup (ergative singular)
aarrit (ergative plural)
aavermut (allative singular)
aavernut (allative plural)
aavermit (ablative singular)
aavernit (ablative plural)
aavikkut (prosecutive singular)
aavertigut (plural prosecutive)
aavermi (locative singular)
aaverni (locative plural)
aavermik (instrumental singular)
aavernik (instrumental plural)
aavertut (equative singular)
aavertut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *ayvǝʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *ayvǝʁ. Cognates with Inupiaq aiviq, Yup'ik asveq, and Inuinnaqtun aiviq.

Siunissami atuisut namminneq isumagissavaat nannut, aarrit, puisit imaluunniit miluumasut allat neqaasa trineqannginnissaat. Taamaaliortoqassaaq neqip qeqqata minnerpaamik 75 gradinut uunnanneqarneratigut

2017, T. J. Jørgensen, Sundhedstillæg, page 26:

Going forward, it is up to consumers themselves to make sure that they do not get trichinella-infected meat from polar bears, walruses, seals or other predators. This can be done by heating the meat to a core temperature of at least 75 degrees.


silarsuaq

silarsuit (plural)
silarsuaq (absolutive singular)
silarsuit (absolutive plural)
silarsuup (ergative singular)
silarsuit (ergative plural)
silarsuarmut (allative singular)
silarsuarnut (allative plural)
silarsuarmit (ablative singular)
silarsuarnit (ablative plural)
silarsuakkut (prosecutive singular)
silarsuartigut (plural prosecutive)
silarsuarmi (locative singular)
silarsuarni (locative plural)
silarsuarmik (instrumental singular)
silarsuarnik (instrumental plural)
silarsuartut (equative singular)
silarsuartut (equative plural)

Aappariit erneeraqarput Dudleymik atilimmik. Aappariit isumaqarput ernertik silarsuarmi asseqanngitsoq.

2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 4:

The Dursleys had a small son called Dudley and in their opinion there was no finer boy anywhere [in the world].


juulli

juulli (absolutive singular)
juullit (absolutive plural)
juullip (ergative singular)
juullit (ergative plural)
juullimut (allative singular)
juullinut (allative plural)
juullimit (ablative singular)
juullinit (ablative plural)
juullikkut (prosecutive singular)
juullitigut (plural prosecutive)
juullimi (locative singular)
juullini (locative plural)
juullimik (instrumental singular)
juullinik (instrumental plural)
juullitut (equative singular)
juullitut (equative plural)


neqi

neqit (plural)
neqi (absolutive singular)
neqit (absolutive plural)
neqip (ergative singular)
neqit (ergative plural)
neqimut (allative singular)
neqinut (allative plural)
neqimit (ablative singular)
neqinit (ablative plural)
neqikkut (prosecutive singular)
neqitigut (plural prosecutive)
neqimi (locative singular)
neqini (locative plural)
neqimik (instrumental singular)
neqinik (instrumental plural)
neqitut (equative singular)
neqitut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *nǝqǝ (“meat, food, cook a meal”), from Proto-Eskimo *nǝqǝ (“meat, food”). Compare neqissaq (“food, nourishment”).


qaqqaq

qaqqat (plural)
qaqqaq (absolutive singular)
qaqqat (absolutive plural)
qaqqap (ergative singular)
qaqqat (ergative plural)
qaqqammut (allative singular)
qaqqanut (allative plural)
qaqqamit (ablative singular)
qaqqaniit (ablative plural)
qaqqakkut (prosecutive singular)
qaqqatigut (plural prosecutive)
qaqqami (locative singular)
qaqqani (locative plural)
qaqqamik (instrumental singular)
qaqqanik (instrumental plural)
qaqqasut (equative singular)
qaqqasut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *qatqa- (“mountain, reach the top”), from Proto-Eskimo *qarǝ-qa- (“mountain, hill, climb up”).

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Ilisimatusartut GEUS-imeersut Nuugaatsiap qaqqai misissoqqissaarlugit aallartipput.

2017 August 5, Trine Juncher Jørgensen, “Ilisimatusartut qaqqat akissutissarsiorfigaat”, in Sermitsiaq:

Scientists from GEUS have begun to meticulously investigate the fjelds of Nuugaatsiaq.


imeq

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imeq (plural ermit, and erngit, and ernit, and imit)

ermit (plural)
erngit (plural)
ernit (plural)
imit (plural)

From Proto-Inuit *ǝ̣̊mǝ̣ʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *ǝmǝʁ. Cognate of Inuktitut ᐃᒥᖅ (imiq) and Inupiaq imiq.


erneq

ernerit (plural)
erneq (absolutive singular)
ernerit (absolutive plural)
ernerup (ergative singular)
ernerit (ergative plural)
ernermut (allative singular)
ernernut (allative plural)
ernermit (ablative singular)
ernernit (ablative plural)
ernikkut (prosecutive singular)
ernertigut (plural prosecutive)
ernermi (locative singular)
ernerni (locative plural)
ernermik (instrumental singular)
ernernik (instrumental plural)
ernertut (equative singular)
ernertut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *ịʁnị-ʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *iʁni-ʁ. Cognate of Inuktitut ᐃᕐᓂᖅ (irniq) and Inupiaq iġñiq.

1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:

The Dursleys had a small son called Dudley and in their opinion there was no finer boy [son] anywhere.


ulloq

ullut (plural)
ulloq (absolutive singular)
ullut (absolutive plural)
ullup (ergative singular)
ullut (ergative plural)
ullumut (allative singular)
ullunut (allative plural)
ullumit (ablative singular)
ulluniit (ablative plural)
ullukkut (prosecutive singular)
ullutigut (plural prosecutive)
ullumi (locative singular)
ulluni (locative plural)
ullumik (instrumental singular)
ullunik (instrumental plural)
ullutut (equative singular)
ullutut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *uvlu- (“day, today, morning, star”), from Proto-Eskimo *umɫu- (“day, morning, star”). Compare ullaaq (“morning”), and ulloriaq (“star”).


sapaat

sapaatit (plural)
sapaat (absolutive singular)
sapaatit (absolutive plural)
sapaatip (ergative singular)
sapaatit (ergative plural)
sapaammut (allative singular)
sapaatinut (allative plural)
sapaammit (ablative singular)
sapaatinit (ablative plural)
sapaatikkut (prosecutive singular)
sapaatitigut (plural prosecutive)
sapaammi (locative singular)
sapaatini (locative plural)
sapaammik (instrumental singular)
sapaatinik (instrumental plural)
sapaatitut (equative singular)
sapaatitut (equative plural)

Borrowed from Danish sabbat, from Latin sabbata or sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton, “Sabbath”), from Hebrew שבת (shabát, “Sabbath”).

Angut 24-nik ukiulik Nuummeersoq unioqqutitsilluni hashimik tigummiarutut, sapaammi unnukkut nalunaaqutaq 18.45 politiinit unnerluutigineqarpoq.

2017 June 26, Lars Düwel, “Angut 24-nik ukiulik Nuummeersoq Roskilde Festivalimi hashimik tigummiartutut unnerluutigineqartoq”, in Sermitsiaq:

On Sunday evening, 18.45 o'clock, a 24-year-old man from Nuuk was charged by the police for illegally carrying hash.


ukioq

ukiut (plural)
ukioq (absolutive singular)
ukiut (absolutive plural)
ukiup (ergative singular)
ukiut (ergative plural)
ukiumut (allative singular)
ukiunut (allative plural)
ukiumit (ablative singular)
ukiuniit (ablative plural)
ukiukkut (prosecutive singular)
ukiutigut (plural prosecutive)
ukiumi (locative singular)
ukiuni (locative plural)
ukiumik (instrumental singular)
ukiumi (instrumental plural)
ukiusut (equative singular)
ukiusut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *ukiu- (“winter, autumn, year, spend the winter”), from Proto-Eskimo *ukju(r) (“winter, autumn, year”). Compare ukiaq (“autumn”), and ukiivoq (“spends the winter”). Cognate to Inuktitut ᐅᑭᐅᖅ (okioq), Inupiaq ukiuq.

Inuit BBC-meersut marloriarlutik Ammassalimmiissimapuut.siullermik^([sic]) martsimi, tassa taamani ukiup sikuani aalaakkammi filmiisoqarsimavoq.

1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

The people from BBC have been in Ammassalik twice. The first time in March, where they filmed on winter's firm ice on the water [i.e., the ice that is not frozen year-round].


meeraq

meeqqat (plural)
meeraq (absolutive singular)
meeqqat (absolutive plural)
meeqqap (ergative singular)
meeqqat (ergative plural)
meeqqamut (allative singular)
meeqqanut (allative plural)
meeqqamit (ablative singular)
meeqqaniit (ablative plural)
meeqqakkut (prosecutive singular)
meeqqatigut (plural prosecutive)
meeqqami (locative singular)
meeqqani (locative plural)
meeqqamik (instrumental singular)
meeqqanik (instrumental plural)
meeqqatut (equative singular)
meeqqatut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *miʁa-(ju-) (“newborn baby, child”). Cognate with Inuinnaqtun mirraq (“newborn baby”).


puisi

puisit (plural)
puisi (absolutive singular)
puisit (absolutive plural)
puisip (ergative singular)
puisit (ergative plural)
puisimut (allative singular)
puisinut (allative plural)
puisimit (ablative singular)
puisinit (ablative plural)
puisikkut (prosecutive singular)
puisitigut (plural prosecutive)
puisimi (locative singular)
puisini (locative plural)
puisimik (instrumental singular)
puisinik (instrumental plural)
puisitut (equative singular)
puisitut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *puǝrǝ (“animal on surface of water, seal”), from Proto-Eskimo *puɣǝr(a)- (“seal, beluga”).


allakkerivik

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allakkerivik (plural allagaleriffiit, and allagaleriviit, and allakkeriffiit, and allakkeriviit)

allagaleriffiit (plural)
allagaleriviit (plural)
allakkeriffiit (plural)
allakkeriviit (plural)
allakkerivik (absolutive singular)
allakkeriviit (absolutive plural)
allakkeriviup (ergative singular)
allakkeriviit (ergative plural)
allakkerivimmut (allative singular)
allakkerivinnut (allative plural)
allakkerivimmit (ablative singular)
allakkerivinnit (ablative plural)
allakkerivikkut (prosecutive singular)
allakkerivitsigut (plural prosecutive)
allakkerivimmi (locative singular)
allakkerivinni (locative plural)
allakkerivimmik (instrumental singular)
allakkerivinnik (instrumental plural)
allakkerivittut (equative singular)
allakkerivittut (equative plural)

From allakkat (“letter”) + -vik (“place”).

Allakkeriviup silataani biilinut inissiisarfimmut napparneqassaaq.

1996 June 20, “Nuummi Street Basket periarfissinneqalerpoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:


Rumænia

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


Litaueni

Lithuania (a country in Eastern Europe; capital: Vilnius)


Ruslandi

Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)


Schweizi

Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)


Estlandi

Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)


Korea Kujalleq

South Korea (a country in East Asia, comprising the southern part of the Korean Peninsula)


qulleq

qulliit (plural)
qulleq (absolutive singular)
qulliit (absolutive plural)
qulliup (ergative singular)
qulliit (ergative plural)
qullermut (allative singular)
qullernut (allative plural)
qullermit (ablative singular)
qullerniit (ablative plural)
qullikkut (prosecutive singular)
qullertigut (plural prosecutive)
qullermi (locative singular)
qullerni (locative plural)
qullermik (instrumental singular)
qullernik (instrumental plural)
qullertut (equative singular)
qullertut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *qulvi(ɣ) (“tear, teardrop, to weep”), from Proto-Eskimo *qulvi (“tear, teardrop”).


qulleq

From Proto-Inuit *qulǝ (“top, upper part, hover”), from Proto-Eskimo *qulǝ (“top, upper part”).


qulleq

Generalised from sense 2, referring to the 'upper' lamp in an Inuit house, placed on a table (as opposed to smaller lamps on the floor).


ippassaq

From Proto-Inuit *ikpakra- (“yesterday, recently”). Compare Inuktitut ᐃᑉᐸᒃᓴᖅ (ippaksaq).


kalaalimernit

Plural form of kalaalimineq, from kalaaleq (“Greenlander”) + -mineq (“piece of”).

af

Greenlandic food; plural of kalaalimineq


Afrika Kujalleq

From Afrika (“Africa”) + kujalleq (“south”).

Naqitigaaqqat AIDS pillugu paasisitsiniutit Afrikami kujallermi umiarsualivinnut agguaanneqarsimapput umiartortut nappaassuarmut ulorianartumut taassumunnga mianersoqquniarlugit, ...

Pamphlets informing about AIDS were distributed to harbours in South Africa, so as to warn sailors against this dangerous big disease [nappaassuaq "big disease" might be idiomatic], ...

South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)


aamma

Qitsuteqarput, aamma marlunik qimmiuteqarput.

They have a cat and (they have) two dogs.

Jakob Sivertsen-illu Tunumi ajornartorsiutit immikkut ittut aamma eqqaavai: ...

1998 May 7, “Tasiilami efterskoleqalernissaa Jakob Sivertsen-ip sulissutigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

Jakob Sivertsen also mentions the special problems that exist on Tunu.

2001 Louise Richter, for the Greenlandic Directorate of Culture, Education, Research and Ecclesiastical Affairs/Inerisaavik: "Kisitsineq/matematikki: Misilitsinnerit, naliliineq, atuartitsineq", p. 54

Calculation using large numbers, and growth.

Kisitsisit angisuut atorlugit kisitsineq aamma ineriartortitsineq.


qallunaatut

1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit
Siggunni seerisut tassaapput herpes taakkulu qallunaatut taaguutit nuannarineqartut "forkølelses- imlt. kyssesår" atorneqarput, kiinami tinupasunut seerisunut, pingaartumik siggunni.
["Leakings/leakers"? (seerivoq + -toq)] on the mouth are herpes, and the Danish popular [probably a mistranslation of populær, which also means "widely used"] terms "forkølelses- or kyssesår" are used about leaking lumps in the face, especially on the mouth.


Savalimmiut

Savalimmiut (absolutive plural)
Savalimmiut (ergative plural)
Savalimmiunut (allative plural)
Savalimmiunit (ablative plural)
Savalimmiutigut (plural prosecutive)
Savalimmiuni (locative plural)
Savalimmiunik (instrumental plural)
Savalimmiutut (equative plural)

From sava (“sheep”); a calque of Faroese Føroyar or Danish Færøerne.


danskeq

danskeq (absolutive singular)
danskit (absolutive plural)
danskip (ergative singular)
danskit (ergative plural)
danskimut (allative singular)
danskinut (allative plural)
danskimit (ablative singular)
danskinit (ablative plural)
danskikkut (prosecutive singular)
danskitigut (plural prosecutive)
danskimi (locative singular)
danskini (locative plural)
danskimik (instrumental singular)
danskinik (instrumental plural)
danskisut (equative singular)
danskisut (equative plural)


nanoq

nannut (plural)
nanoq (absolutive singular)
nannut (absolutive plural)
nannup (ergative singular)
nannut (ergative plural)
nannumut (allative singular)
nannunut (allative plural)
nannumit (ablative singular)
nannunit (ablative plural)
nannukkut (prosecutive singular)
nannutigut (plural prosecutive)
nannumi (locative singular)
nannuni (locative plural)
nannumik (instrumental singular)
nannumik (instrumental plural)
nannutut (equative singular)
nannutut (equative plural)

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

Angut nannumit toqunneqarpoq.

Ursus maritimus
Ursus maritimus#Translingual


naatsiiat

inflection of naatsiiaq:
plural absolutive

inflection of naatsiiaq:
plural relative


arfeq

From Proto-Inuit *aʁvǝʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *aʁvǝʁ. Cognate of Inuktitut ᐊᕐᕕᒃ (arfik) and Inupiaq aġviq.


biili

biilit (plural)
biili (absolutive singular)
biilit (absolutive plural)
biilip (ergative singular)
biilit (ergative plural)
biilimut (allative singular)
biilinut (allative plural)
biilimit (ablative singular)
biilinit (ablative plural)
biilikkut (prosecutive singular)
biilitigut (plural prosecutive)
biilimi (locative singular)
biilini (locative plural)
biilimik (instrumental singular)
biilinik (instrumental plural)
biilitut (equative singular)
biilitut (equative plural)


qujanaq

From Proto-Inuit *quja- (“to thank, be glad, thank you”), from Proto-Eskimo *quja- (“to thank”).


qimmiaraq

qimmiaqqat (plural)
qimmiaraq (absolutive singular)
qimmiaqqat (absolutive plural)
qimmiaqqap (ergative singular)
qimmiaqqat (ergative plural)
qimmiaqqamut (allative singular)
qimmiaqqanut (allative plural)
qimmiaqqamit (ablative singular)
qimmiaqqanit (ablative plural)
qimmiaqqakkut (prosecutive singular)
qimmiaqqatigut (plural prosecutive)
qimmiaqqami (locative singular)
qimmiaqqani (locative plural)
qimmiaqqamik (instrumental singular)
qimmiaqqanik (instrumental plural)
qimmiaqqatut (equative singular)
qimmiaqqatut (equative plural)


tiigeri

Borrowed from Danish tiger, from German Tiger, from Latin tīgris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris, “tiger”).

Panthera tigris
Panthera tigris#Translingual


utimut

From Proto-Inuit *utǝʁ- (“return, back again”), from Proto-Eskimo *utǝʁ- (“return, backwards”). Compare uterpoq (“returns”).


Korea Avannarleq

North Korea (a country in East Asia, whose territory consists of the northern part of Korea)


atuagaq

atuakkat (plural)
atuagaq (absolutive singular)
atuakkat (absolutive plural)
atuakkap (ergative singular)
atuakkat (ergative plural)
atuakkamut (allative singular)
atuakkanut (allative plural)
atuakkamit (ablative singular)
atuakkanit (ablative plural)
atuakkakkut (prosecutive singular)
atuakkatigut (plural prosecutive)
atuakkami (locative singular)
atuakkani (locative plural)
atuakkamik (instrumental singular)
atuakkanik (instrumental plural)
atuakkatut (equative singular)
atuakkatut (equative plural)

From atuarpoq (“reads”) + -taq (“passive participle”).


pisiniarfik

pisiniarfiit (plural)
pisiniarfik (absolutive singular)
pisiniarfiit (absolutive plural)
pisiniarfiup (ergative singular)
pisiniarfiit (ergative plural)
pisiniarfimmut (allative singular)
pisiniarfinnut (allative plural)
pisiniarfimmit (ablative singular)
pisiniarfinnit (ablative plural)
pisiniarfikkut (prosecutive singular)
pisiniarfitsigut (plural prosecutive)
pisiniarfimmi (locative singular)
pisiniarfinni (locative plural)
pisiniarfimmik (instrumental singular)
pisiniarfinnik (instrumental plural)
pisiniarfittut (equative singular)
pisiniarfittut (equative plural)

From pisiniarpoq (“buys, makes purchase”) + -vik (“place”).


imangertaq

imangertat (plural)
imangertaq (absolutive singular)
imangertat (absolutive plural)
imangertap (ergative singular)
imangertat (ergative plural)
imangertamut (allative singular)
imangertanut (allative plural)
imangertamit (ablative singular)
imangertanit (ablative plural)
imangertakkut (prosecutive singular)
imangertatigut (plural prosecutive)
imangertami (locative singular)
imangertani (locative plural)
imangertamik (instrumental singular)
imangertanik (instrumental plural)
imangertatut (equative singular)
imangertatut (equative plural)

From imangerpoq (“is silent”) + -taq (“passive participle”).


nuiaq

nuissat (plural)
nuiaq (absolutive singular)
nuissat (absolutive plural)
nuissap (ergative singular)
nuissat (ergative plural)
nuissamut (allative singular)
nuissanut (allative plural)
nuissamit (ablative singular)
nuissanit (ablative plural)
nuissakkut (prosecutive singular)
nuissatigut (plural prosecutive)
nuissami (locative singular)
nuissani (locative plural)
nuissamik (instrumental singular)
nuissanik (instrumental plural)
nuissatut (equative singular)
nuisatut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *nụvǝ̣ja (“cloud, be cloudy”). Compare nuiavoq (“is cloudy, overcast”).


nattoralik

nattoraliit (plural)
nattoralik (absolutive singular)
nattorallit (absolutive plural)
nattorallup (ergative singular)
nattorallit (ergative plural)
nattoralimmut (allative singular)
nattoralinnut (allative plural)
nattoralimmit (ablative singular)
nattoralinnit (ablative plural)
nattoralikkut (prosecutive singular)
nattoralitsigut (plural prosecutive)
nattoralimmi (locative singular)
nattoralinni (locative plural)
nattoralimmik (instrumental singular)
nattoralinnik (instrumental plural)
nattoralittut (equative singular)
nattoralittut (equative plural)

From nattoraq (“crookedly whittled bone, part of towlines for kayaks; 'eagle’s beak'”) + -lik (“owner of”).


siumut

From Proto-Inuit *civu (“area in front, front of boat, sled”), from Proto-Eskimo *civu (“front part of something”).


nipilersoqatigiissuit

philharmonic orchestra
philharmonic orchestra

symphony orchestra, philharmonic orchestra


timmiaq

timmissat (plural)
timmiaq (absolutive singular)
timmissat (absolutive plural)
timmissap (ergative singular)
timmissat (ergative plural)
timmissamut (allative singular)
timmissanut (allative plural)
timmissamit (ablative singular)
timmissanit (ablative plural)
timmissakkut (prosecutive singular)
timmissatigut (plural prosecutive)
timmissami (locative singular)
timmissani (locative plural)
timmissamik (instrumental singular)
timmissanik (instrumental plural)
timmissatut (equative singular)
timmisatut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *tǝŋmi(r)a- (“bird, small bird”), from Proto-Eskimo *tǝʁmira- (“bird, goose”). The literal translation is 'the one that flies'.


taseq imeqarfik

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taseq imeqarfik (plural taseq imeqarfiit)

From taseq (“lake”) + imeq (“water”) + -qar (“have”) + -vik (“container”).


ajunaarneq

ajunaarnerit (plural)
ajunaarneq (absolutive singular)
ajunaarnerit (absolutive plural)
ajunaarnerup (ergative singular)
ajunaarnerit (ergative plural)
ajunaarnermut (allative singular)
ajunaarnernut (allative plural)
ajunaarnermit (ablative singular)
ajunaarnernit (ablative plural)
ajunaarnikkut (prosecutive singular)
ajunaarnertigut (plural prosecutive)
ajunaarnermi (locative singular)
ajunaarnerni (locative plural)
ajunaarnermik (instrumental singular)
ajunaarnernik (instrumental plural)
ajunaarnertut (equative singular)
ajunaarnertut (equative plural)

From ajunnarpoq (“is hurt”) + -neq (“abstract participle”).


unnuk

unnuit (plural)
unnuk (absolutive singular)
unnuit (absolutive plural)
unnuup (ergative singular)
unnuit (ergative plural)
unnummut (allative singular)
unnunnut (allative plural)
unnummit (ablative singular)
unnunnit (ablative plural)
unnukkut (prosecutive singular)
unnutsigut (plural prosecutive)
unnummi (locative singular)
unnunni (locative plural)
unnummik (instrumental singular)
unnunnik (instrumental plural)
unnuttut (equative singular)
unnuttut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *unnuɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *unur(-a). Compare unnuaq (“night”).


allakkanut nakkartitsisarfik

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allakkanut nakkartitsisarfik (plural allakkanut nakkartitsisarfiit)

From allakkat (“letter”) and another word.

Tusaavaat allakkat matumi allakkat nakkartitsisarfiatigut nakkartinneqarpaluttut.
"Allakkat aakkit, Dudley," akkaa Vernon aviisip tunuaniit oqarpoq.

2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 43:

They heard the click of the letter-box and flop of letters on the doormat.
"Get the post, Dudley," said Uncle Vernon from behind his paper.


qussuk

qussuit (plural)
qussuk (absolutive singular)
qussuit (absolutive plural)
qussuup (ergative singular)
qussuit (ergative plural)
qussummut (allative singular)
qussunnut (allative plural)
qussummit (ablative singular)
qussunnit (ablative plural)
qussukkut (prosecutive singular)
qussutsigut (plural prosecutive)
qussummi (locative singular)
qussunni (locative plural)
qussummik (instrumental singular)
qussunnik (instrumental plural)
qussuttut (equative singular)
qussuttut (equative plural)

Cygnus cygnus
Cygnus cygnus#Translingual


nakorsaataarniarfik

nakorsaataarniarfiit (plural)
nakorsaataarniarfik (absolutive singular)
nakorsaataarniarfiit (absolutive plural)
nakorsaataarniarfiup (ergative singular)
nakorsaataarniarfiit (ergative plural)
nakorsaataarniarfimmut (allative singular)
nakorsaataarniarfinnut (allative plural)
nakorsaataarniarfimmit (ablative singular)
nakorsaataarniarfinniit (ablative plural)
nakorsaataarniarfikkut (prosecutive singular)
nakorsaataarniarfitsigut (plural prosecutive)
nakorsaataarniarfimmi (locative singular)
nakorsaataarniarfinni (locative plural)
nakorsaataarniarfimmik (instrumental singular)
nakorsaataarniarfinnik (instrumental plural)
nakorsaataarniarfittut (equative singular)
nakorsaataarniarfittut (equative plural)

nakorsaat (“medicine”) + -arniar (“tries to sell”) + -vik (“place”)


panaasalik

panaasalit (plural)
panaasalik (absolutive singular)
panaasallit (absolutive plural)
panaasallup (ergative singular)
panaasallit (ergative plural)
panaasalimmut (allative singular)
panaasalinnut (allative plural)
panaasalimmit (ablative singular)
panaasalinnit (ablative plural)
panaasalikkut (prosecutive singular)
panaasalitsigut (plural prosecutive)
panaasalimmi (locative singular)
panaasalinni (locative plural)
panaasalimmik (instrumental singular)
panaasalinnik (instrumental plural)
panaasalittut (equative singular)
panaasalittut (equative plural)

pana (“sword”) + -usaq (“resembling object”) + -lik (“haver”), thus "that which has something that resembles a sword".


orpik meqqutaasalik

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orpik meqqutaasalik (plural orpik meqqutaasalit)

From orpik (“tree”) + meqqutaasarpoq (“is needle-shaped”).


oqaluut

oqaluutit (plural)
oqaluut (absolutive singular)
oqaluutit (absolutive plural)
oqaluutip (ergative singular)
oqaluutit (ergative plural)
oqaluummut (allative singular)
oqaluutinut (allative plural)
oqaluummit (ablative singular)
oqaluutinit (ablative plural)
oqaluutikkut (prosecutive singular)
oqaluutitigut (plural prosecutive)
oqaluummi (locative singular)
oqaluutini (locative plural)
oqaluummik (instrumental singular)
oqaluutinik (instrumental plural)
oqaluutitut (equative singular)
oqaluutitut (equative plural)


panaanneq

panaanneq (absolutive singular)
panaannerit (absolutive plural)
panaannerup (ergative singular)
panaannerit (ergative plural)
panaannermut (allative singular)
panaannernut (allative plural)
panaannermit (ablative singular)
panaannernit (ablative plural)
panaannikkut (prosecutive singular)
panaannertigut (plural prosecutive)
panaannermi (locative singular)
panaannerni (locative plural)
panaannermik (instrumental singular)
panaannernik (instrumental plural)
panaannertut (equative singular)
panaannertut (equative plural)


saamerleq

saamerliit (plural)
saamerleq (absolutive singular)
saamerliit (absolutive plural)
saamerliup (ergative singular)
saamerliit (ergative plural)
saamerlermut (allative singular)
saamerlernut (allative plural)
saamerlermit (ablative singular)
saamerlernit (ablative plural)
saamerlikkut (prosecutive singular)
saamerlitigut (plural prosecutive)
saamerlermi (locative singular)
saamerlerni (locative plural)
saamerlermik (instrumental singular)
saamerlernik (instrumental plural)
saamerlertut (equative singular)
saamerlertut (equative plural)


ulloriaq

ullorissat (plural)
ulloriaq (absolutive singular)
ullorissat (absolutive plural)
ullorissap (ergative singular)
ullorissat (ergative plural)
ullorissamut (allative singular)
ullorissanut (allative plural)
ullorissamit (ablative singular)
ullorissanit (ablative plural)
ullorissakkut (prosecutive singular)
ullorissatigut (plural prosecutive)
ullorissami (locative singular)
ullorissani (locative plural)
ullorissamik (instrumental singular)
ullorissanik (instrumental plural)
ullorissatut (equative singular)
ullorisatut (equative plural)

From Proto-Inuit *uvlu- (“day, today, morning, star”), from Proto-Eskimo *umɫu- (“day, morning, star”). Compare ullaaq (“morning”), and ulloq (“day”).


qarasaasiaq

qarasaasiat (plural)
qarasaasiaq (absolutive singular)
qarasaasiat (absolutive plural)
qarasaasiap (ergative singular)
qarasaasiat (ergative plural)
qarasaasiamut (allative singular)
qarasaasianut (allative plural)
qarasaasiamit (ablative singular)
qarasaasianiit (ablative plural)
qarasaasiakkut (prosecutive singular)
qarasaasiatigut (plural prosecutive)
qarasaasiami (locative singular)
qarasaasiani (locative plural)
qarasaasiamik (instrumental singular)
qarasaasianik (instrumental plural)
qarasaasiasut (equative singular)
qarasaasiasut (equative plural)