aqqanillit
Greenlandic edit
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| Cardinal: aqqanillit Ordinal: aqqarnat | ||
Etymology edit
Starostin suggests Proto-Inuit *atqa-nǝʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *atʁa-. Fortescue suggests, via aqqaneq (“eleven, numeral base”), from aqqarpoq (“descends”) itself derived from Proto-Eskimo *at(ə)- (“down”), i.e. "that which is provided when one has descended" (when one reaches the toe having reached ten using the fingers).
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
aqqanillit
Synonyms edit
- (North Greenland) isikkaneq
References edit
- aqqanillit in Katersat
- Fortescue, Michael; Jacobson, Steven; Kaplan, Lawrence (2010). Comparative Eskimo Dictionary with Aleut Cognates, Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
- Starostin, George (ed.) 2011-2019. The Global Lexicostatistical Database, Moscow: Higher School of Economics, & Santa Fe: Santa Fe Institute. Available online at http://starling.rinet.ru/new100/