naasoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nau- (“grow up, spring, plant”), from Proto-Eskimo *naru-(ʁ-) (“to grow up, plant”). Compare naavoq (“spring forth, develop”), and nagguik (“origin, stem”).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /naasuq/, [nəː.sɔq]

Noun

naasoq (plural naasut)

  1. flower, plant

Declension

Declension of naasoq
case singular plural
absolutive naasoq naasut
ergative naasup
allative naasumut naasunut
ablative naasumit naasunit
prolative naasukkut naasutigut
locative naasumi naasuni
instrumental naasumik naasunik
equative naasutut
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