umiarsualivik

Greenlandic

Etymology

From umiarsuaq (“ship”) +‎ -livik (“container, place for”)

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /umiarsualivik/, [u.mɪ.ɑs.sʊ.ʷə.lɪ.vɪk]

Noun

umiarsualivik (plural umiarsualiviit)

  1. harbour
    • 1988, “AIDS-INFO”, in Atuagagdliutit:
      Naqitigaaqqat AIDS pillugu paasisitsiniutit Afrikami kujallermi umiarsualivinnut agguaanneqarsimapput umiartortut nappaassuarmut ulorianartumut taassumunnga mianersoqquniarlugit, ...
      Pamphlets informing about AIDS were distributed to harbours in South Africa, so as to warn sailors against this dangerous big disease [nappaassuaq "big disease" might be idiomatic], ...
    • 1982, August 4, Roland Thomsen, Atuagagdliutit, issue 31, "Tasiilami aasaq",
      Inuit uummalersutut ilipput, pingaartumik umiarsualiviup eqqaani
      People seem to be in a hurry, especially near the harbour

Declension

Declension of umiarsualivik
case singular plural
absolutive umiarsualivik umiarsualiviit
ergative umiarsualiviup
allative umiarsualivimmut umiarsualivinnut
ablative umiarsualivimmit umiarsualivinnit
prolative umiarsualivikkut umiarsualivitsigut
locative umiarsualivimmi umiarsualivinni
instrumental umiarsualivimmik umiarsualivinnik
equative umiarsualivittut

References

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