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qulleq

Greenlandic edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Inuit *qulvi(ɣ) (“tear, teardrop, to weep”), from Proto-Eskimo *qulvi (“tear, teardrop”).

Noun edit

qulleq (plural qulliit)

  1. tear, teardrop
Declension edit
Declension of qulleq
singular plural
absolutive qulleq qulliit
ergative qulliup qulliit
allative qullermut qullernut
ablative qullermit qullerniit
prosecutive qullikkut qullertigut
locative qullermi qullerni
instrumental qullermik qullernik
equative qullertut qullertut

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Inuit *qulǝ (“top, upper part, hover”), from Proto-Eskimo *qulǝ (“top, upper part”).

Noun edit

qulleq (plural qulliit)

  1. the uppermost one, the highest one
Declension edit
Declension of qulleq
singular plural
absolutive qulleq qulliit
ergative qulliup qulliit
allative qullermut qullernut
ablative qullermit qullerniit
prosecutive qullikkut qullertigut
locative qullermi qullerni
instrumental qullermik qullernik
equative qullertut qullertut

Etymology 3 edit

Generalised from sense 2, referring to the 'upper' lamp in an Inuit house, placed on a table (as opposed to smaller lamps on the floor).

Noun edit

qulleq (plural qulliit)

  1. lamp
Declension edit
Declension of qulleq
singular plural
absolutive qulleq qulliit
ergative qulliup qulliit
allative qullermut qullernut
ablative qullermit qullerniit
prosecutive qullikkut qullertigut
locative qullermi qullerni
instrumental qullermik qullernik
equative qullertut qullertut

Further reading edit

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