umiartortoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From umiaq (“boat”) +‎ -tor (“use”) +‎ -toq (“one who [verb]s”).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /umiarturtuq/, [u.mɪ.ɑt.tɔt.tɔq]

Noun

umiartortoq (plural umiartortut)

  1. sailor
    • 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], ...

Declension

Declension of umiartortoq
case singular plural
absolutive umiartortoq umiartortut
ergative umiartortup
allative umiartortumut umiartortunut
ablative umiartortumit umiartortunit
prolative umiartortukkut umiartortutigut
locative umiartortumi umiartortuni
instrumental umiartortumik umiartortunik
equative umiartortutut

Further reading

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