nanoq

Greenlandic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nanu- (“polar bear”), from Proto-Eskimo *nanu- (“polar bear”). Cognates include Inuktitut ᓇᓄᖅ (nanoq).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nanuq/, [nanoq~nanɔq]

Noun

nanoq (plural nannut)

  1. bear
  2. polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
    Angut nannumit toqunneqarpoq.
    The man was killed by a polar bear.

Declension
Declension of nanoq
singular plural
absolutive nanoq nannut
ergative nannup nannut
allative nannumut nannunut
ablative nannumit nannunit
prosecutive nannukkut nannutigut
locative nannumi nannuni
instrumental nannumik nannumik
equative nannutut nannutut
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