akulleq

Greenlandic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /akulliq/, [a.kʊɬ.ɬɜq]

Noun

akulleq (plural akulliit)

1. the middle one, the one in the middle
   • 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:

     Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni. Akulleq pissusissamisoortuuvoq.

     Our son has become gay (it was discovered when he was 19 years old), and the youngest girl has become a lesbian. The middle [child] is as she should be [i.e. heterosexual].

Declension

Declension of akulleq

	singular	plural
absolutive	akulleq	akulliit
ergative	akulliup	akulliit
allative	akullermut	akullernut
ablative	akullermit	akullernit
prosecutive	akullikkut	akullitigut
locative	akullermi	akullerni
instrumental	akullermik	akullernik
equative	akullertut	akullertut

Further reading

• DAKA
• akulleq in Katersat