anguteqatiminoortartoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From angut (man) +‎ -qatï (fellow) +‎ -minut (towards his (allative poss.3.refl.sg)) +‎ -Vr (go to [after allative]) +‎ -tar (habitual behaviour) +‎ -toq (agent noun), therefore "one who habitually goes towards his fellow men".

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /aŋutiqatiminuurtartuq/, [a.ŋʊ.tɜ.qə.t͡sy.mɪ.nɔʶːt.tɑt.tɔq]

Noun

anguteqatiminoortartoq (plural anguteqatiminoortartut)

  1. homosexual man
    • 1992, Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten, Meeqqakka[1]:
      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.
    • 2014, K. Kruse, Sermitsiaq AG[2]:
      Atassutip Inuusuttai sinnerlugit Inatsisartunut qinigassanngortittoq, ajoqi Kajpeter Heinrich, isumaqarpoq piffissanngortoq anguteqatiminoortartut meeravissiartaartalernissaannut
      Atassut youth's candidate for the Inatsisartut election, catechist Kajpeter Heinrich, believes that the time has come for male homosexuals to also have the right to adopt children.

Declension

Declension of anguteqatiminoortartoq
case singular plural
absolutive anguteqatiminoortartoq anguteqatiminoortartut
ergative anguteqatiminoortartup
allative anguteqatiminoortartumut anguteqatiminoortartunut
ablative anguteqatiminoortartumit anguteqatiminoortartunit
prolative anguteqatiminoortartukkut anguteqatiminoortartutigut
locative anguteqatiminoortartumi anguteqatiminoortartuni
instrumental anguteqatiminoortartumik anguteqatiminoortartunik
equative anguteqatiminoortartutut

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