agiaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *aɣi-aʁ- (“file, grindstone”), from Proto-Eskimo *aɣi- (“file, sharpen”). Compare agiarpoq (“files, rubs”).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /aɡiaq/, [a.ɣɪ.ɑq]

Noun

agiaq (plural agissat)

  1. violin
    • 2012, H. Broberg, Sermitsiaq AG‎[1]:
      Kikkut tamarmik nalunngilaat agiaq qanoq nipeqassanngitsoq, hiistit pamiuinnit agiaq tagiarneqartillugu.
      Everyone knows how a violin shouldn't sound when the horsehair of the bow is dragged across it incorrectly
  2. (obsolete) old shamanic term meaning rubbing stone
  3. basalt.
    Synonyms: agiamineq, basalti

Declension

Declension of agiaq
case singular plural
absolutive agiaq agissat
ergative agissap
allative agissamut agissanut
ablative agissamit agissanit
prolative agissakkut agissatigut
locative agissami agissani
instrumental agissaamik agissanik
equative agissatut

References

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