nukarleq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nukaqliq, from *nukaq + *qliq. Analysable as nukaq (“youngest sibling”) +‎ -rleq (“one most or furthest in a direction”).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /nukarliq/, [nʊ.kɑɬ.ɬɜq]

Noun

nukarleq (plural nukarliit)

  1. the youngest
    • 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:
      Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni.
      Our son has become gay (it was discovered when he was 19 years old), and the youngest girl has become a lesbian.

Declension

Declension of nukarleq
case singular plural
absolutive nukarleq nukarliit
ergative nukarliup
allative nukarlermut nukarlernut
ablative nukarlermit nukarlernit
prolative nukarlikkut nukarlitigut
locative nukarlermi nukarlerni
instrumental nukarlermik nukarlernik
equative nukarlertut

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