nataaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *natǝʁ (“bottom, floor, floorboard”), from Proto-Eskimo *natǝ(ʁ) (“bottom, floor”). Compare natsit (“floorboard”), and nateq (“floor”).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /nataaq/, [nə.tɑːq]

Noun

nataaq (plural nataat)

  1. bottom

Declension

Declension of nataaq
case singular plural
absolutive nataaq nataat
ergative nataap
allative nataamut nataanut
ablative nataamit nataanit
prolative nataakkut nataatigut
locative nataami nataani
instrumental nataamik nataanik
equative nataatut
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