nuiaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nụvǝ̣ja (“cloud, be cloudy”). Compare nuiavoq (“is cloudy, overcast”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /nuiaq/, [nʊ.ɪ.ɑq]

Noun

nuiaq (plural nuissat)

1. cloud

Declension

Declension of nuiaq

	singular	plural
absolutive	nuiaq	nuissat
ergative	nuissap	nuissat
allative	nuissamut	nuissanut
ablative	nuissamit	nuissanit
prosecutive	nuissakkut	nuissatigut
locative	nuissami	nuissani
instrumental	nuissamik	nuissanik
equative	nuissatut	nuisatut