oqaasersiaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

oqaaseq (“word”) +‎ -siaq (“received”)

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /uqaasirsiaq/, [ɔ.qəː.sɜs.sɪ.ɑq]

Noun

oqaasersiaq (plural oqaasersiat)

1. loanword
   • 2002, Berthelsen, Jacobsen, Petersen, Kleivan, Rischel: Oqaatsit Kalaallisuumiit Qallunaatuumut, 3rd ed., p. 20

     Oqaasersiat qanganisaanerpaat allanneqartarput kalaallisut taasinermut ...

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1998, Oqaatsinut Tapiliussaq:

     Assersuutit qulaaniittut arlallit franskisuuniit oqaasersiaapput, ...

     Several of the examples above are loanwords from French, ...

Declension

Declension of oqaasersiaq

	singular	plural
absolutive	oqaasersiaq	oqaasersiat
ergative	oqaasersiap	oqaasersiat
allative	oqaasersiamut	oqaasersianut
ablative	oqaasersiamit	oqaasersianit
prosecutive	oqaasersiakkut	oqaasersiatigut
locative	oqaasersiami	oqaasersiani
instrumental	oqaasersiamik	oqaasersianik
equative	oqaasersiatut	oqaasersiatut