nukarleq
Greenlandic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Inuit *nukaqliq, from *nukaq + *qliq. Analysable as nukaq (“youngest sibling”) + -rleq (“one most or furthest in a direction”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nukarleq (plural nukarliit)
- the youngest
- 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:
- Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni.
- Our son has become gay (it was discovered when he was 19 years old), and the youngest girl has become a lesbian.
Declension edit
Declension of nukarleq
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | nukarleq | nukarliit |
| ergative | nukarliup | nukarliit |
| allative | nukarlermut | nukarlernut |
| ablative | nukarlermit | nukarlernit |
| prosecutive | nukarlikkut | nukarlitigut |
| locative | nukarlermi | nukarlerni |
| instrumental | nukarlermik | nukarlernik |
| equative | nukarlertut | nukarlertut |