arnaqatiminoortartoq
Greenlandic edit
Etymology edit
From arnaq (“woman”) + -qatï (“fellow”) + -minut (“to her (allative poss.3.refl.sg)”) + -Vr (“go to [after allative]”) + -tar (“habitually”) + -toq (“agent noun”), therefore "one who habitually goes to her fellow women".
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arnaqatiminoortartoq (plural arnaqatiminoortartut)
- lesbian
- 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:
- 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.
Declension edit
Declension of arnaqatiminoortartoq
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | arnaqatiminoortartoq | arnaqatiminoortartut |
| ergative | arnaqatiminoortartup | arnaqatiminoortartut |
| allative | arnaqatiminoortartumut | arnaqatiminoortartunut |
| ablative | arnaqatiminoortartumit | arnaqatiminoortartunit |
| prosecutive | arnaqatiminoortartukkut | arnaqatiminoortartutigut |
| locative | arnaqatiminoortartumi | arnaqatiminoortartuni |
| instrumental | arnaqatiminoortartumik | arnaqatiminoortartunik |
| equative | arnaqatiminoortartutut | arnaqatiminoortartutut |
Synonyms edit
- arnaqatiminoortoq (less frequent)