aaneq
Greenlandic
Etymology
From aavoq (“is rotten”).
Pronunciation
- (Nuuk) IPA(key): [aːnɜq]
Noun
aaneq (plural aanerit, and arngit, and aarnit)
- decay, weathering
- rotten piece of wood
- a rotten mountain, waste
- 2017, Monrad, S.D., Nuuk Ugeavis, page 21:
- Eqqakkanik angisuunik aqquserngup sin aanut inissitat kommunip aaneq ajorpai, aammalu aqqusinerngup eqqaani imaluunniit sumiiffinni allani igitsiffiusussaanngitsuni igitsisarneq inerteqqutaavoq.
- The municipality does not collect bulky rubbish at the roadside, and it is illegal to place rubbish by the road or other places where it does not belong.
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Declension
Declension of aaneq
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolutive | aaneq | aanerit |
| ergative | aanerup | aanerit |
| allative | aanermut | aanernut |
| ablative | aanermit | aanernit |
| prosecutive | aanikkut | aanernit |
| locative | aanermi | aanerni |
| instrumental | aanermik | aanernik |
| equative | aanertut | aanertut |
References
- aaneq in Katersat
- DAKA
- Lorentzen, S. Den grønlandske ordbog, at oqaasileriffik.gl