suiaassuseq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From su (base root) +‎ -vik (real) +‎ -aq (young) +‎ -ssuseq (quality of).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /suiaassusiq/, [sʊ.ʷɪ.əːs.sʉ.sɜq]

Noun

suiaassuseq (plural suiaassutsit)

  1. gender, sex
    • 2020, Ritzau, KNR - Australiamiut amerlanerpaartaat aboriginalsinut ammut isiginnittuusut[1]:
      Utoqqaassuseq, suiaassuseq, inuiaassuseq, suliffik, upperisaq, ilinniarsimassuseq, politikkikkut tapersersukkat akissarsiallu apeqqutaatinnagit Australiami amerlanerussuteqartut Aboriginalsinik ammut isiginnittuusut misissuinerup takutippaa.
      Regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, job, religion, level of education, political affiliation or income, a majority of Australians have a "negative view" of the country's indigenous people, the survey shows.

Declension

Declension of suiaassuseq
case singular plural
absolutive suiaassuseq suiaassutsit
ergative suiaassutsip
allative suiaassutsimut suiaassutsinut
ablative suiaassutsimit suiaassutsinit
prolative suiaassutsikkut suiaassutsitigut
locative suiaassutsimi suiaassutsini
instrumental suiaassutsimik suiaassutsinik
equative suiaassutsitut

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