aanaq

Greenlandic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /aanaq/, [aː.nɑq]

Noun

aanaq (plural aanat)

  1. grandmother
    • 2012, M. Nyvold, Nuuk Ugeavis‎[1], page 41:
      Timersortarfiup qeqqani aanaq naalungiarsuk pisuttaleqqammersoq maannalu orloqqajaalluni ingerlasoq malillugu tamaviaarpoq. Taakkua sanianniipput niviarsiaqqat marluk quassuttuumi nakkarnaveersaatarfimmi qerattaarillutik nakkarnaveersaarpasilluinnarlutillu.
      In the middle of the hall, a grandmother hurries after a toddler who has just learned to walk and now seems ready to topple over at any moment. Next to them, two little girls are on the balance beam, keeping their necks straight and wearing expressions of intense concentration.

Declension

Declension of aanaq
case singular plural
absolutive aanaq aanat
ergative aanap
allative aanamut aananut
ablative aanamit aananit
prolative aanakkut aanatigut
locative aanami aanani
instrumental aanamik aananik
equative aanatut

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