meqqut

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *mIqru- (“sew, needle”), from Proto-Eskimo *miRqut- (“sew”). Compare mersorpoq (“sews”).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /miqqut/, [mɜq.qʊt]

Noun

meqqut (plural meqqutit)

  1. needle (for sewing)

Declension

Declension of meqqut
case singular plural
absolutive meqqut meqqutit
ergative meqqutip
allative meqqummut meqqutinut
ablative meqqummit meqqutinit
prolative meqqutikkut meqqutitigut
locative meqqummi meqqutini
instrumental meqqummik meqqutinik
equative meqqutitut
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