umiartortoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From umiaq (“boat”) +‎ -tor (“use”) +‎ -toq (“one who [verb]s”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /umiarturtuq/, [u.mɪ.ət.tɔt.tɔq]

Noun

umiartortoq (plural umiartortut)

1. sailor
   • 1988, “AIDS-INFO”, in Atuagagdliutit:

     Naqitigaaqqat AIDS pillugu paasisitsiniutit Afrikami kujallermi umiarsualivinnut agguaanneqarsimapput umiartortut nappaassuarmut ulorianartumut taassumunnga mianersoqquniarlugit, ...

     Pamphlets informing about AIDS were distributed to harbours in South Africa, so as to warn sailors against this dangerous big disease [nappaassuaq "big disease" might be idiomatic], ...

Declension

Declension of umiartortoq

	singular	plural
absolutive	umiartortoq	umiartortut
ergative	umiartortup	umiartortut
allative	umiartortumut	umiartortunut
ablative	umiartortumit	umiartortunit
prosecutive	umiartortukkut	umiartortutigut
locative	umiartortumi	umiartortuni
instrumental	umiartortumik	umiartortunik
equative	umiartortutut	umiartortutut

Further reading

• DAKA