meqqut

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *mIqru- (“sew, needle”), from Proto-Eskimo *miRqut- (“sew”). Compare mersorpoq (“sews”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /miqqut/, [mɜq.qʊt]

Noun

meqqut (plural meqqutit)

1. needle (for sewing)

Declension

Declension of meqqut

	singular	plural
absolutive	meqqut	meqqutit
ergative	meqqutip	meqqutit
allative	meqqummut	meqqutinut
ablative	meqqummit	meqqutinit
prosecutive	meqqutikkut	meqqutitigut
locative	meqqummi	meqqutini
instrumental	meqqummik	meqqutinik
equative	meqqutitut	meqqutitut