nuliaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nuliaʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *nuLiaq.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nu.li.ʲɑq/

Noun

nuliaq (plural nuliat)

  1. wife
    • 1992 August 21, “Usuni kipigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit, page 11:
      Qanittukkut aviisini eqqartorneqarpoq qallunaap usuni kipisimagaa nuliama itigartitsiuarnera naalliuutigingaaramiuk.
      Recently, there was a story in the papers about a Dane who cut off his penis because he was very pained by his wife's persistent rejections.
    • 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:
      Nuliaralu siullermik ernertaarpugut, ukiut marluk qaangiummata panmissaarluta,[sic – meaning panissaarluta] sulilu ukiut marluk qaangiuteqqimmata panissaaqqilluta.
      My wife and I first had a son, two years later a daughter, and another two years after that, another daughter.

Declension
Declension of nuliaq
singular plural
absolutive nuliaq nuliat
ergative nuliap nuliat
allative nuliamut nulianut
ablative nuliamit nulianit
prosecutive nuliakkut nuliatigut
locative nuliami nuliani
instrumental nuliamik nulianik
equative nuliatut nuliatut

References

Inuktitut

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nuliaʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *nuLiaq.

Noun

nuliaq

  1. Latin spelling of ᓄᓕᐊᖅ (noliaq)

Inupiaq

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nuliaʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *nuLiaq.

Noun

nuliaq (dual nuliak, plural nuliat)

  1. wife
    Nuliaġa iḷisaurrauruq.
    My wife is a teacher.
    Nuliaġa aullaqsruġiaqtuq.
    My wife went berry picking.

Synonyms
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