ameq
Greenlandic
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *ami- (“hide, skin, fish skin, tree bark”), from Proto-Eskimo *ami- (“hide, skin”). Compare ameraq (“bark”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ameq (plural amiit, and amit, and ammit)
- skin
- 1998 September 1, “Aatsaat qaamasunik amilinnik takusut”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
- Soorunami siornatigut aviisitigut allatigullu qaamasunik amillit qanoq isikkoqarnersut ilisimareeraluarlugit sunaaffa aatsaat iluamik inuttarsisut.
- Although they had certainly seen light-skinned people in newspapers and other media before, it turned out it was only until now that they met any in person.
Further reading
- “ameq“ in iserasuaat.gl
Pacoh
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʔamɛːʔ]
Noun
ameq