killeq

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /killiq/, [kɪɬ.ɬɜq]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

killeq (plural killiit)

1. boundary, limit, border
2. that which is located to the west

Declension

Declension of killeq

	singular	plural
absolutive	killeq	killiit
ergative	killiup	killiit
allative	killermut	killernut
ablative	killermit	killernit
prosecutive	killikkut	killitigut
locative	killermi	killerni
instrumental	killermik	killernik
equative	killertut	killertut

Etymology 2

From Proto-Inuit *killi- (“cut, wound, sore”), from Proto-Eskimo *ǝki(-liʁ-) (“cut, wound”).

Noun

killeq (plural killiit)

1. cut, gash

Declension

Declension of killeq

	singular	plural
absolutive	killeq	killiit
ergative	killiup	killiit
allative	killermut	killernut
ablative	killermit	killernit
prosecutive	killikkut	killitigut
locative	killermi	killerni
instrumental	killermik	killernik
equative	killertut	killertut

Further reading

• DAKA