kujalleq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *kiva- (“direction, place in house”), from Proto-Eskimo *kiva- (“behind, area towards back”).

Pronunciation
  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /kujalliq/, [kʊ.jəɬ.ɬɜq]

Noun

kujalleq (plural kujalliit)

  1. south
    • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
      Michael Treen oqaluttuarpoq Ammassalik toqqarneqarsimasoq pissusiata sikuijuitsumut[sic – meaning sikuiuitsumut] kujallermut eqqaanarnera pissutigalugu.
      Michael Treen relates that Ammassalik was chosen because of the similarity of its nature to that of the Antarctic Ocean ["the Southern ice-sea"].

Declension
Declension of kujalleq
singular plural
absolutive kujalleq kujalliit
ergative kujalliup kujalliit
allative kujallermut kujallernut
ablative kujallermit kujallernit
prosecutive kujallikkut kujallitigut
locative kujallermi kujallerni
instrumental kujallermik kujallernik
equative kujallertut kujallertut
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