erneq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *ịʁnị-ʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *iʁni-ʁ. Cognate of Inuktitut ᐃᕐᓂᖅ (irniq) and Inupiaq iġñiq.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɜn.nɜq/

Noun

erneq (plural ernerit)

1. son
   • 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:

     Nuliaralu siullermik ernertaarpugut, ukiut marluk qaangiummata panmissaarluta,^{[sic – meaning panissaarluta]} sulilu ukiut marluk qaangiuteqqimmata panissaaqqilluta.

     My wife and I first had a son, two years later a daughter, and another two years after that, another daughter.

   • 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 4:

     Aappariit erneeraqarput Dudleymik atilimmik. Aappariit isumaqarput ernertik silarsuarmi asseqanngitsoq.

     The Dursleys had a small son called Dudley and in their opinion there was no finer boy [son] anywhere.

Declension

Declension of erneq

	singular	plural
absolutive	erneq	ernerit
ergative	ernerup	ernerit
allative	ernermut	ernernut
ablative	ernermit	ernernit
prosecutive	ernikkut	ernertigut
locative	ernermi	ernerni
instrumental	ernermik	ernernik
equative	ernertut	ernertut

References

• erneq in Katersat
• Lorentzen, S. Den grønlandske ordbog, at oqaasileriffik.gl
• DAKA

Yup'ik

Etymology

From erte- (“to dawn”) +‎ -neq (postbase meaning a thing that results from -ing).

Noun

erneq

1. day (24-hour period or day as opposed to night)