Greenlandic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Inuktitut

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Etymology

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

Noun

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nuliaq

  1. Latin spelling of ᓄᓕᐊᖅ (noliaq)

Inupiaq

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Etymology

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

Noun

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nuliaq (dual nuliak, plural nuliat)

  1. wife
    Nuliaġa iḷisaurrauruq.
    My wife is a teacher.
    Nuliaġa aullaqsruġiaqtuq.
    My wife went berry picking.

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