suliffeqarfik
Greenlandic edit
Etymology edit
suliffik (“job, workplace”) + -qar (“has, there are”) + -vik (“place, time”), thus "place where there are jobs".
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
suliffeqarfik (plural suliffeqarfiit)
- company, firm, institution
- 2015, P. F. Rex, Tamanut[1], page 10:
- Kalaallit Nunaanni suliffeqarfippassuit pissusaasa allanngortinnissaat kissaatigaarput, ilitsersuinerlu aamma ilinniartitsineq suliatta ilagaat, taamaalilluni suliffeqarfiit namminneq sulliviit avatangiisiinik naliliisarnissaat anguniarlugu...
- We want a change of attitude in many Greenlandic companies, and part of our work is also about guiding and teaching so that the companies themselves can assess their working environment.
Declension edit
Declension of suliffeqarfik
singular | plural | |
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absolutive | suliffeqarfik | suliffeqarfiit |
ergative | suliffeqarfiup | suliffeqarfiit |
allative | suliffeqarfimmut | suliffeqarfinnut |
ablative | suliffeqarfimmit | suliffeqarfinnit |
prosecutive | suliffeqarfikkut | suliffeqarfitsigut |
locative | suliffeqarfimmi | suliffeqarfinni |
instrumental | suliffeqarfimmik | suliffeqarfinnik |
equative | suliffeqarfittut | suliffeqarfittut |
Derived terms edit
- suliffeqarfissuaq (“corporation”)