taseq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *taci-ʁ (“bay, lagoon, lake”), from Proto-Eskimo *taci-ʁ (“bay, lake, sand pit”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /tasiq/, [tə.sɜq]

Noun

taseq (plural tatsit)

1. lake

Declension

Declension of taseq

	singular	plural
absolutive	taseq	tatsit
ergative	tatsip	tatsit
allative	tatsimut	tatsinut
ablative	tatsimit	tatsinit
prosecutive	tatsikkut	tatsitigut
locative	tatsimi	tatsini
instrumental	tatsimik	tatsinik
equative	tatsitut	tatsitut

Derived terms

• taseq imeqarfik (“reservoir”)