nukarleq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nukaqliq, from *nukaq + *qliq. Analysable as nukaq (“youngest sibling”) +‎ -rleq (“one most or furthest in a direction”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /nukarliq/, [nʊ.kɑɬ.ɬɜq]

Noun

nukarleq (plural nukarliit)

1. 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

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

Further reading

• DAKA