aanaa

Greenlandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /aanaa/, [aː.nəː]

Noun

aanaa (plural aanaat)

  1. grandmother, gran
    • 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 118:
      Nukappiaq ammalortumik niaqulik sanioqquppaa oqartoq: "Aanaa, narasiutiga kataqqippara." - "Aaja, Neville," arnaq utoqqaq anersaaruluttoq tusaavaa.
      He passed a round-faced boy who was saying, "Gran, I've lost my toad again." - "Oh, Neville," he heard the old woman sigh.
  2. absolutive single-possession of aanaq

Declension

Declension of aanaa
case singular plural
absolutive aanaa aanaat
ergative aanaap
allative aanaamut aanaanut
ablative aanaamit aanaanit
prolative aanaakkut aanaatigut
locative aanaami aanaani
instrumental aanaamik aanaanik
equative aanaatut

Synonyms

References

Oromo

Noun

aanaa

  1. district
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