kujalleq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *kiva- (“direction, place in house”), from Proto-Eskimo *kiva- (“behind, area towards back”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /kujalliq/, [kʊ.jəɬ.ɬɜq]

Noun

kujalleq (plural kujalliit)

1. south
   • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

     Michael Treen oqaluttuarpoq Ammassalik toqqarneqarsimasoq pissusiata sikuijuitsumut^{[sic – meaning sikuiuitsumut]} kujallermut eqqaanarnera pissutigalugu.

     Michael Treen relates that Ammassalik was chosen because of the similarity of its nature to that of the Antarctic Ocean ["the Southern ice-sea"].

Declension

Declension of kujalleq

	singular	plural
absolutive	kujalleq	kujalliit
ergative	kujalliup	kujalliit
allative	kujallermut	kujallernut
ablative	kujallermit	kujallernit
prosecutive	kujallikkut	kujallitigut
locative	kujallermi	kujallerni
instrumental	kujallermik	kujallernik
equative	kujallertut	kujallertut