pissuseq

Greenlandic

Etymology

pi +‎ -ssuseq

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /pissusiq/, [pɪs.sʉ.sɜq]

Noun

pissuseq (plural pissutsit)

1. nature, way of being
   • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:

     Michael Treen oqaluttuarpoq Ammassalik toqqarneqarsimasoq pissusiata sikuijuitsumut^{[sic – meaning sikuiuitsumut]} kujallermut eqqaanarnera pissutigalugu.

     Michael Treen relates that Ammassalik was chosen because of the similarity of its nature to that of the Antarctic Ocean ["the Southern ice-sea"].

2. behaviour

Declension

Declension of pissuseq

	singular	plural
absolutive	pissuseq	pissutsit
ergative	pissutsip	pissutsit
allative	pissutsimut	pissutsinut
ablative	pissutsimit	pissutsinit
prosecutive	pissutsikkut	pissutsitigut
locative	pissutsimi	pissutsini
instrumental	pissutsimik	pissutsinik
equative	pissutsitut	pissutsitut

Further reading

• DAKA