nappaassuaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

nappaat (“disease”) +‎ -suaq (“big”)

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /nappaassuaq/, [nəp.pəːs.sʊ.ʷɑq]

Noun

nappaassuaq

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   • 1988, “AIDS-INFO”, in Atuagagdliutit:

     Naqitigaaqqat AIDS pillugu paasisitsiniutit Afrikami kujallermi umiarsualivinnut agguaanneqarsimapput umiartortut nappaassuarmut ulorianartumut taassumunnga mianersoqquniarlugit, ...

     Pamphlets informing about AIDS were distributed to harbours in South Africa, so as to warn sailors against this dangerous big disease [nappaassuaq "big disease" might be idiomatic], ...

Declension

Declension of nappaassuaq

	singular	plural
absolutive	nappaasuaq	nappaasuit
ergative	nappaasuup	nappaasuit
allative	nappaasuarmut	nappaasuarnut
ablative	nappaasuarmit	nappaasuarnit
prosecutive	nappaasuakkut	nappaasuartigut
locative	nappaasuarmi	nappaasuarni
instrumental	nappaasuarmik	nappaasuarnik
equative	nappaasuartut	nappaasuartut