nuiaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nụvǝ̣ja (“cloud, be cloudy”). Compare nuiavoq (“is cloudy, overcast”).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /nuiaq/, [nʊ.ʷɪ.ɑq]

Noun

nuiaq (plural nuissat)

  1. cloud

Declension

Declension of nuiaq
case singular plural
absolutive nuiaq nuissat
ergative nuissap
allative nuissamut nuissanut
ablative nuissamit nuissanit
prolative nuissakkut nuissatigut
locative nuissami nuissani
instrumental nuissamik nuissanik
equative nuissatut nuisatut
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