meeraq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *miʁa-(ju-) (“newborn baby, child”). Cognate with Inuinnaqtun mirraq (“newborn baby”).

Pronunciation
  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /miiraq/, [mɜːʁɑq]

Noun

meeraq (plural meeqqat)

  1. child

Declension
Declension of meeraq
singular plural
absolutive meeraq meeqqat
ergative meeqqap meeqqat
allative meeqqamut meeqqanut
ablative meeqqamit meeqqaniit
prosecutive meeqqakkut meeqqatigut
locative meeqqami meeqqani
instrumental meeqqamik meeqqanik
equative meeqqatut meeqqatut
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