nateq

Greenlandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /natiq/, [nə.tɜq]

Noun

nateq (plural naqqit, and natit)

1. floor

Yup'ik

Noun

nateq

1. floor, flooring