oqaasersiaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

oqaaseq (“word”) +‎ -siaq (“received”)

Pronunciation
  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /uqaasirsiaq/, [ɔ.qəːsɜs.sɪ.ɑq]

Noun

oqaasersiaq (plural oqaasersiat)

  1. loanword
    • 2002, Berthelsen, Jacobsen, Petersen, Kleivan, Rischel: Oqaatsit Kalaallisuumiit Qallunaatuumut, 3rd ed., p. 20
      Oqaasersiat qanganisaanerpaat allanneqartarput kalaallisut taasinermut ...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1998, Oqaatsinut Tapiliussaq:
      Assersuutit qulaaniittut arlallit franskisuuniit oqaasersiaapput, ...
      Several of the examples above are loanwords from French, ...

Declension
Declension of oqaasersiaq
singular plural
absolutive oqaasersiaq oqaasersiat
ergative oqaasersiap oqaasersiat
allative oqaasersiamut oqaasersianut
ablative oqaasersiamit oqaasersianit
prosecutive oqaasersiakkut oqaasersiatigut
locative oqaasersiami oqaasersiani
instrumental oqaasersiamik oqaasersianik
equative oqaasersiatut oqaasersiatut
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