"piffissaq" meaning in Greenlandic

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Noun

IPA: /piffissaq/ (note: Nuuk), [pɪf.fɪs.sɑq] (note: Nuuk)
Etymology: From Proto-Inuit *piviɣ (“time or place”), from Proto-Eskimo *piviɣ (“direction, time or place for something”). Compare piffik (“time, buffet”). Etymology templates: {{inh|kl|esx-inu-pro|*piviɣ|t=time or place}} Proto-Inuit *piviɣ (“time or place”), {{der|kl|esx-esk-pro|*piviɣ|t=direction, time or place for something}} Proto-Eskimo *piviɣ (“direction, time or place for something”), {{m|kl|piffik|t=time, buffet}} piffik (“time, buffet”) Head templates: {{head|kl|noun|plural|piffissat|head=}} piffissaq (plural piffissat), {{kl-noun|piffissat}} piffissaq (plural piffissat) Inflection templates: {{kl-decl|piffissaq|piffissap|piffissamut|piffissamit|piffissakkut|piffissami|piffissamik|piffissatut|piffissat|piffissat|piffissanut|piffissanit|piffissatigut|piffissani|piffissanik|piffissatut}} Forms: piffissat [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], piffissaq [absolutive, singular], piffissat [absolutive, plural], piffissap [ergative, singular], piffissat [ergative, plural], piffissamut [allative, singular], piffissanut [allative, plural], piffissamit [ablative, singular], piffissanit [ablative, plural], piffissakkut [prosecutive, singular], piffissatigut [plural, prosecutive], piffissami [locative, singular], piffissani [locative, plural], piffissamik [instrumental, singular], piffissanik [instrumental, plural], piffissatut [equative, singular], piffissatut [equative, plural]
  1. time, period of time Categories (topical): Time

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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "t": "time, buffet"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Inuit *piviɣ (“time or place”), from Proto-Eskimo *piviɣ (“direction, time or place for something”). Compare piffik (“time, buffet”).",
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          "name": "Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
          "english": "He was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large moustache. Mrs Durlsey was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbours.",
          "ref": "2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, page 4",
          "text": "Angutaavoq angisooq pualasooq qungaseqanngingajattoq kakkivissamigullu umikkaarsuaq. Nulia arnaavoq saluttoq qaamasoq, qungasiali inunnut nalinginnaasunut naleqqiullugu marloriaammik takineruvoq, qungatsimilu taamaattuunera iluaqutigisarpaa eqqaamiuni naatsiiviup ungalui orpikkat qulaallugit piffissarujussuaq atorlugu marsertaramigit.",
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      "ipa": "/piffissaq/",
      "note": "Nuuk"
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    {
      "ipa": "[pɪf.fɪs.sɑq]",
      "note": "Nuuk"
    }
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}
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      "name": "inh"
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        "ergative",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "locative",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "name": "head"
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "piffissaq (plural piffissat)",
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        "14": "piffissani",
        "15": "piffissanik",
        "16": "piffissatut",
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        "4": "piffissamit",
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        "Greenlandic entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "Greenlandic lemmas",
        "Greenlandic nouns",
        "Greenlandic terms derived from Proto-Eskimo",
        "Greenlandic terms derived from Proto-Inuit",
        "Greenlandic terms inherited from Proto-Inuit",
        "Greenlandic terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Greenlandic terms with quotations",
        "kl:Time"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large moustache. Mrs Durlsey was thin and blonde and had nearly twice the usual amount of neck, which came in very useful as she spent so much of her time craning over garden fences, spying on the neighbours.",
          "ref": "2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, page 4",
          "text": "Angutaavoq angisooq pualasooq qungaseqanngingajattoq kakkivissamigullu umikkaarsuaq. Nulia arnaavoq saluttoq qaamasoq, qungasiali inunnut nalinginnaasunut naleqqiullugu marloriaammik takineruvoq, qungatsimilu taamaattuunera iluaqutigisarpaa eqqaamiuni naatsiiviup ungalui orpikkat qulaallugit piffissarujussuaq atorlugu marsertaramigit.",
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        }
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      "note": "Nuuk"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[pɪf.fɪs.sɑq]",
      "note": "Nuuk"
    }
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  "word": "piffissaq"
}

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