tarnut

Greenlandic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /tarnut/, [tən.nʉt]

Noun

tarnut (plural tarnutit)

1. cream (for the skin), grease, ointment
   • 1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit

     Pasipiluppara kinguaassiuutitigut nappaat herpes pineqarsoralugu, tassami pineqartumut receptimi allassimammat tarnut Zovirax.

     I strongly suspect that the person in question has the venereal disease of herpes, for a prescription for Zovirax cream was written to the person in question.

Declension

Declension of tarnut

	singular	plural
absolutive	tarnut	tarnutit
ergative	tarnutip	tarnutit
allative	tarnummut	tarnutinut
ablative	tarnummit	tarnutinit
prosecutive	tarnutikkut	tarnutitigut
locative	tarnummi	tarnutini
instrumental	tarnummik	tarnutinik
equative	tarnutitut	tarnutitut

Further reading

• DAKA