agiaq
Greenlandic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Inuit *aɣi-aʁ- (“file, grindstone”), from Proto-Eskimo *aɣi- (“file, sharpen”). Compare agiarpoq (“files, rubs”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
agiaq (plural agissat)
- violin
- 2012, H. Broberg, Sermitsiaq AG[1]:
- Kikkut tamarmik nalunngilaat agiaq qanoq nipeqassanngitsoq, hiistit pamiuinnit agiaq tagiarneqartillugu.
- Everyone knows how it should not sound when the horsehair of a violin bow is incorrectly pulled on a violin.
- (obsolete) old shamanic term meaning rubbing stone
- basalt.
Declension edit
Declension of agiaq
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | agiaq | agissat |
| ergative | agissap | agissat |
| allative | agissamut | agissanut |
| ablative | agissamit | agissanit |
| prosecutive | agissakkut | agissatigut |
| locative | agissami | agissani |
| instrumental | agissaamik | agissanik |
| equative | agissatut | agissatut |