nakorsaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /nakursaq/, [nə.kɔs.sɑq]

Noun

nakorsaq (plural nakorsat)

  1. doctor, physician
    Synonym: doktori
    • 1992 August 21, “Usuni kipigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit, page 11:
      Nakorsap arnap tamatumunnga oqaaseqarnermini ilaatigut oqarpoq qularnanngitsumik angut taanna meeraagallarami toqqissisimanartumik amigaateqarluinnarsimassasoq.
      The female doctor, in her statement on this matter, commented among other things that the man must have severely lacked security in his childhood.

Declension

Declension of nakorsaq
case singular plural
absolutive nakorsaq nakorsat
ergative nakorsap
allative nakorsamut nakorsanut
ablative nakorsamit nakorsanit
prolative nakorsakkut nakorsatigut
locative nakorsami nakorsani
instrumental nakorsamik nakorsanik
equative nakorsatut

Derived terms

References

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