miluumasoq
Greenlandic
Etymology
From miluppoq (“suckles”) + -toq (“intransitive participle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
miluumasoq (plural miluumasut)
- mammal
- 1986 August 13, “Ukiumi siullermi misissuisimanermi paasisaqartoqanngilaq”, in Atuagagdliutit:
- Avannarpariartornermi imaani uumasut miluumasut aatsitassanik oqimaatsunik akoqarnerujartorput.
- The further north one goes, marine mammals contain higher levels of heavy metals.
Declension
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | miluumasoq | miluumasut |
| ergative | miluumasup | |
| allative | miluumasumut | miluumasunut |
| ablative | miluumasumit | miluumasunit |
| prolative | miluumasukkut | miluumasutigut |
| locative | miluumasumi | miluumasuni |
| instrumental | miluumasumik | miluumasunik |
| equative | miluumasutut | |
Further reading
- “miluumasoq“ in iserasuaat.gl