anguteqatiminoortartoq

Greenlandic

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Etymology

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From angut (man) +‎ -qatï (fellow) +‎ -minut (towards his (allative poss.3.refl.sg)) +‎ -Vr (go to [after allative]) +‎ -tar (habitual behaviour) +‎ -toq (agent noun), therefore "one who habitually goes towards his fellow men".

Pronunciation

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  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /aŋutiqatiminuurtartuq/, [a.ŋʊ.tɜ.qə.t͡sy.mɪnɔʶːt.tət.tɔq]

Noun

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anguteqatiminoortartoq (plural anguteqatiminoortartut)

  1. homosexual man
    • 1992, Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten, Meeqqakka[1]:
      Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni.
      Our son has become gay (it was discovered when he was 19 years old), and the youngest girl has become a lesbian.
    • 2014, K. Kruse, Sermitsiaq AG[2]:
      Atassutip Inuusuttai sinnerlugit Inatsisartunut qinigassanngortittoq, ajoqi Kajpeter Heinrich, isumaqarpoq piffissanngortoq anguteqatiminoortartut meeravissiartaartalernissaannut
      Atassut youth's candidate for the Inatsisartut election, catechist Kajpeter Heinrich, believes that the time has come for male homosexuals to also have the right to adopt children.

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