nuliaq
Greenlandic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Inuit *nuliaʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *nuLiaq.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nuliaq (plural nuliat)
- wife
- 1992 August 21, “Usuni kipigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit, page 11:
- Qanittukkut aviisini eqqartorneqarpoq qallunaap usuni kipisimagaa nuliama itigartitsiuarnera naalliuutigingaaramiuk.
- Recently, there was a story in the papers about a Dane who cut off his penis because he was very pained by his wife's persistent rejections.
- 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:
Declension edit
Declension of nuliaq
References edit
Inuktitut edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Inuit *nuliaʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *nuLiaq.
Noun edit
nuliaq
- Latin spelling of ᓄᓕᐊᖅ (noliaq)
Inupiaq edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Inuit *nuliaʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *nuLiaq.
Noun edit
nuliaq (dual nuliak, plural nuliat)
- wife
- Nuliaġa iḷisaurrauruq.
- My wife is a teacher.
- Nuliaġa aullaqsruġiaqtuq.
- My wife went berry picking.