ammassak

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *aŋmaɣ-raɣ (small fish). Cognate with Inupiaq aämaksraq (rainbow smelt) and Inuinnaqtun angmagiaq (capelin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /am.mas.sak/

Noun

ammassak (plural ammassaat)

  1. capelin (Mallotus villosus)

Declension

References

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