eqqaanarneq

Greenlandic

Etymology

eqqaanarpoq (“resembles, reminds of”) +‎ -neq

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /iqqaanarniq/, [ɜq.qəː.nɑn.nɜq]

Noun

eqqaanarneq

1. similarity, resemblance
   • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

     Michael Treen oqaluttuarpoq Ammassalik toqqarneqarsimasoq pissusiata sikuijuitsumut^{[sic – meaning sikuiuitsumut]} kujallermut eqqaanarnera pissutigalugu.

     Michael Treen relates that Ammassalik was chosen because of the similarity of its nature to that of the Antarctic Ocean ["the Southern ice-sea"].

Declension

Declension of eqqaanarneq

	singular	plural
absolutive	eqqaanarneq	eqqaanarnerit
ergative	eqqaanarnerup	eqqaanarnerit
allative	eqqaanarnermut	eqqaanarnernut
ablative	eqqaanarnermit	eqqaanarnernit
prosecutive	eqqaanarnikkut	eqqaanarnertigut
locative	eqqaanarnermi	eqqaanarnerni
instrumental	eqqaanarnermik	eqqaanarnernik
equative	eqqaanarnertut	eqqaanarnertut