tunngasoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

tunngavoq +‎ -toq

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /tuŋŋasuq/, [tʉŋ.ŋə.sɔq]

Noun

tunngasoq

  1. regarding, about
    • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
      BBC-p qaammatini marlunni filmiliornini TV-mi takutittagassaq tuluit ilisimasassarsiortuannut Sir Ernerst[sic] Schackleton[sic]-imut tunngasoq naammassigaat
      BBC has completed two months of filming for a TV series about British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton
    • 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 4:
      Dudleykkut pisuujupput suullu tamaasa pigineqarsinnaasut pigalugit, ilanngulluguli isertugaateqarput, annilaangaginerpaasaallu tassaavoq isertugaatimik paasineqamissaa. Isumaqarput ilaqutariit Potterikkunnut tunngasoq paasineqarpat anigorsinnaanaviamagu.
      The Dursleys had everything they wanted, but they also had a secret, and their greatest fear was that somebody would discover it. They didn't think they could bear it if anyone found out about the Potters.

Declension

Declension of tunngasoq
case singular plural
absolutive tunngasoq tunngasut
ergative tunngasup
allative tunngasumut tunngasunut
ablative tunngasumit tunngasunit
prolative tunngasukkut tunngasutigut
locative tunngasumi tunngasuni
instrumental tunngasumik tunngasunik
equative tunngasutut
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