suliffeqarfik
Greenlandic
Etymology
suliffik (“job, workplace”) + -qar (“has, there are”) + -vik (“place, time”), thus "place where there are jobs".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su.lif.fɜ.qɑf.fik/
Noun
suliffeqarfik (plural suliffeqarfiit)
- company, firm, institution
- 2015, Rex, P. F., Tamanut, page 10:
- Kalaallit Nunaanni suliffeqarfippassuit pissusaasa allanngortinnissaat kissaatigaarput, ilitsersuinerlu aamma ilinniartitsineq suliatta ilagaat, taamaalilluni suliffeqarfiit namminneq sulliviit avatangiisiinik naliliisarnissaat anguniarlugu...
- We want a change of attitude in many Greenlandic companies, and part of our work is also about guiding and teaching so that the companies themselves can assess their working environment.
References
- oqaasileriffik
- DAKA