anori

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *ạnųʁǝ̈, from Proto-Eskimo *anuqǝ. Cognate of Inuktitut ᐊᓄᕆ (anori), East Greenlandic anirsiq and Aleut achunal.

Pronunciation

(Nuuk) IPA^(key): /anuri/, [a.nɔ.ʁɪ]

Noun

anori (plural anorit)

wind
- 2001 Louise Richter, for the Greenlandic Directorate of Culture, Education, Research and Ecclesiastical Affairs/Inerisaavik: "Kisitsineq/matematikki: Misilitsinnerit, naliliineq, atuartitsineq", p. 54
  ANORIP SUKKASSUSAA SAKKORTUSSUSAALU
  Speed and force of wind

Declension

Declension of anori

	singular	plural
absolutive	anori	anorit
ergative	anorip	anorit
allative	anorimut	anorinut
ablative	anorimit	anorinit
prosecutive	anorikkut	anoritigut
locative	anorimi	anorini
instrumental	anorimik	anorinik
equative	anoritut	anoritut

Derived terms

anorersuaq (“storm”)
anoraarsuaq (“gust, whirlwind, hurricane”)
anorsannguaq (“puff, faint breeze”)
aserorterivik anorisaatilik (“wind mill”)

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