oqaasersiaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

oqaaseq (“word”) +‎ -siaq (“received”)

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /uqaasirsiaq/, [ɔ.qəː.sɜs.sɪ.ɑq]

Noun

oqaasersiaq (plural oqaasersiat)

  1. loanword
    • 2002, Berthelsen, Jacobsen, Petersen, Kleivan, Rischel: Oqaatsit Kalaallisuumiit Qallunaatuumut, 3rd ed., p. 20
      Oqaasersiat qanganisaanerpaat allanneqartarput kalaallisut taasinermut […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1998, Oqaatsinut Tapiliussaq:
      Assersuutit qulaaniittut arlallit franskisuuniit oqaasersiaapput, […]
      Several of the examples above are loanwords from French, […]

Declension

Declension of oqaasersiaq
case singular plural
absolutive oqaasersiaq oqaasersiat
ergative oqaasersiap
allative oqaasersiamut oqaasersianut
ablative oqaasersiamit oqaasersianit
prolative oqaasersiakkut oqaasersiatigut
locative oqaasersiami oqaasersiani
instrumental oqaasersiamik oqaasersianik
equative oqaasersiatut
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