allakkerivik

Greenlandic

Etymology

From allakkat (“letter”) +‎ -vik (“place”).

Noun

allakkerivik (plural allagaleriffiit, and allagaleriviit, and allakkeriffiit, and allakkeriviit)

1. post office
   • 1996 June 20, “Nuummi Street Basket periarfissinneqalerpoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

     Allakkeriviup silataani biilinut inissiisarfimmut napparneqassaaq.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of allakkerivik

	singular	plural
absolutive	allakkerivik	allakkeriviit
ergative	allakkeriviup	allakkeriviit
allative	allakkerivimmut	allakkerivinnut
ablative	allakkerivimmit	allakkerivinnit
prosecutive	allakkerivikkut	allakkerivitsigut
locative	allakkerivimmi	allakkerivinni
instrumental	allakkerivimmik	allakkerivinnik
equative	allakkerivittut	allakkerivittut

Derived terms

• allakkerivik elektroniskiusoq (“mail server”)

References

• allakkerivik in Katersat