nataaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *natǝʁ (“bottom, floor, floorboard”), from Proto-Eskimo *natǝ(ʁ) (“bottom, floor”). Compare natsit (“floorboard”), and nateq (“floor”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /nataaq/, [nə.tɑːq]

Noun

nataaq (plural nataat)

1. bottom

Declension

Declension of nataaq

	singular	plural
absolutive	nataaq	nataat
ergative	nataap	nataat
allative	nataamut	nataanut
ablative	nataamit	nataanit
prosecutive	nataakkut	nataatigut
locative	nataami	nataani
instrumental	nataamik	nataanik
equative	nataatut	nataatut