qaqqaq

See also: Qaqqaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *qatqa- (mountain, reach the top), from Proto-Eskimo *qarǝ-qa- (mountain, hill, climb up).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /qaqqaq/, [qɑq.qɑq]

Noun

qaqqaq (plural qaqqat)

  1. mountain, rock
    • 2017 August 5, Trine Juncher Jørgensen, “Ilisimatusartut qaqqat akissutissarsiorfigaat”, in Sermitsiaq:
      Ilisimatusartut GEUS-imeersut Nuugaatsiap qaqqai misissoqqissaarlugit aallartipput.
      Scientists from GEUS have begun to meticulously investigate the fjelds of Nuugaatsiaq.

Declension

Inuktitut

Noun

qaqqaq

  1. mountain
    Synonym: ᖃᖅᑲᖅ (qaqkaq)

See also

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