pissusissamisoortoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

pissusissamisoorpoq +‎ -toq

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /pissusissamisuurtuq/, [pɪs.sʉ.sɪs.sə.mɪ.sɔʶːt.tɔq]

Noun

pissusissamisoortoq (plural pissusissamisoortut)

  1. natural, appropriate, as it should be
    • 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:
      Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni. Akulleq pissusissamisoortuuvoq.
      Our son has become gay (it was discovered when he was 19 years old), and the youngest girl has become a lesbian. The middle [child] is as she should be [i.e. heterosexual].

Declension

Declension of pissusissamisoortoq
case singular plural
absolutive pissusissamisoortoq pissusissamisoortut
ergative pissusissamisoortup
allative pissusissamisoortumut pissusissamisoortunut
ablative pissusissamisoortumit pissusissamisoortunit
prolative pissusissamisoortukkut pissusissamisoortutigut
locative pissusissamisoortumi pissusissamisoortuni
instrumental pissusissamisoortumik pissusissamisoortunik
equative pissusissamisoortutut

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