nuliaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nuliaʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *nuLiaq.

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /nuliaq/, [nʉ.lɪ.ɑq]

Noun

nuliaq (plural nuliat)

1. wife
   • 1992 August 21, “Usuni kipigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit, page 11:

     Qanittukkut aviisini eqqartorneqarpoq qallunaap usuni kipisimagaa nuliama itigartitsiuarnera naalliuutigingaaramiuk.

     Recently, there was a story in the papers about a Dane who cut off his penis because he was very pained by his wife's persistent rejections.

   • 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:

     Nuliaralu siullermik ernertaarpugut, ukiut marluk qaangiummata panmissaarluta,^{[sic – meaning panissaarluta]} sulilu ukiut marluk qaangiuteqqimmata panissaaqqilluta.

     My wife and I first had a son, two years later a daughter, and another two years after that, another daughter.

Declension

Declension of nuliaq

	singular	plural
absolutive	nuliaq	nuliat
ergative	nuliap	nuliat
allative	nuliamut	nulianut
ablative	nuliamit	nulianit
prosecutive	nuliakkut	nuliatigut
locative	nuliami	nuliani
instrumental	nuliamik	nulianik
equative	nuliatut	nuliatut

References

• oqaasileriffik
• DAKA

Inuktitut

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nuliaʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *nuLiaq.

Noun

nuliaq

1. Latin spelling of ᓄᓕᐊᖅ (noliaq)

Inupiaq

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nuliaʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *nuLiaq.

Noun

nuliaq (dual nuliak, plural nuliat)

1. wife

   Nuliaġa iḷisaurrauruq.

   My wife is a teacher.

   Nuliaġa aullaqsruġiaqtuq.

   My wife went berry picking.

Synonyms

• iḷaqan