killeq

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /killiq/, [kɪɬ.ɬɜq]

Etymology 1

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Noun

killeq (plural killiit)

  1. boundary, limit, border
  2. that which is located to the west
Declension
Declension of killeq
case singular plural
absolutive killeq killiit
ergative killiup
allative killermut killernut
ablative killermit killernit
prolative killikkut killitigut
locative killermi killerni
instrumental killermik killernik
equative killertut

Etymology 2

From Proto-Inuit *killi- (“cut, wound, sore”), from Proto-Eskimo *ǝki(-liʁ-) (“cut, wound”).

Noun

killeq (plural killiit)

  1. cut, gash
Declension
Declension of killeq
case singular plural
absolutive killeq killiit
ergative killiup
allative killermut killernut
ablative killermit killernit
prolative killikkut killitigut
locative killermi killerni
instrumental killermik killernik
equative killertut

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