neqi

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nǝqǝ (“meat, food, cook a meal”), from Proto-Eskimo *nǝqǝ (“meat, food”). Compare neqissaq (“food, nourishment”).

Pronunciation

Noun

neqi (plural neqit)

  1. meat
  2. seal meat

Declension

Declension of neqi
case singular plural
absolutive neqi neqit
ergative neqip
allative neqimut neqinut
ablative neqimit neqinit
prolative neqikkut neqitigut
locative neqimi neqini
instrumental neqimik neqinik
equative neqitut

Derived terms

  • neqigaa (“has it as food, is nourished by it”)
  • neqitaq (“bait”), neqitassaq (“bait”)
  • neqitorpoq (“eats meat”)
  • neqiuumasoq (“carnivore”)
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