nateq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *natǝʁ (“bottom, floor, floorboard”), from Proto-Eskimo *natǝ(ʁ) (“bottom, floor”). Compare nataaq (“bottom”), and natsit (“floorboard”).

Pronunciation
  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /natiq/, [nə.tɜq]

Noun

nateq (plural naqqit, and natit)

  1. floor

Yup'ik

Noun

nateq

  1. floor, flooring
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