imaq

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Inuit *ịmạ-, from Proto-Eskimo *ima-. Cognate of Inuktitut ᐃᒪᖅ (imaq).

Noun

imaq (plural imat)

  1. sea, ocean.
    Isivit takuai, ilulissat immami. ― Your eyes are seeing, icebergs at the ocean. (from the song Seqineq)
Declension
Declension of imaq
case singular plural
absolutive imaq immat
ergative immap
allative immamut immanut
ablative immamit immaniit
prolative immakkut immatigut
locative immami immani
instrumental immamik immanik
equative immatut

Etymology 2

From Proto-Inuit *ima (“fill, contain, contents”), from Proto-Eskimo *ima (“fill, contents”).

Noun

imaq (plural imaatit, and imarutit)

  1. content, contents

References

  • imaq in Katersat
  • “imaq“ in iserasuaat.gl

Inuktitut

Noun

imaq

  1. Latin spelling of ᐃᒪᖅ (imaq)
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