qaammat
Greenlandic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Inuit *qauma- (“dawn, daylight, bright, light”), from Proto-Eskimo *qaʁma- (“light, bright, dawn, daylight”). Compare qaamavoq (“is bright, shines”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
qaammat (plural qaamassutit)
- moon
- month
- 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
- BBC-p qaammatini marlunni filmiliornini TV-mi takutittagassaq tuluit ilisimasassarsiortuannut Sir Ernerst Schackleton-imut tunngasoq naammassigaat
- BBC has finished two months of filming for a TV series about English explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton
Declension edit
Declension of qaammat
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | qaammat | qaammatit |
| ergative | qaammatip | qaammatit |
| allative | qaammammut | qaammatinut |
| ablative | qaammammit | qaammatinit |
| prosecutive | qaammatikkut | qaammatitigut |
| locative | qaammammi | qaammatini |
| instrumental | qaammammik | qaammatinik |
| equative | qaammatitut | qaammatitut |