qaammat

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *qauma- (“dawn, daylight, bright, light”), from Proto-Eskimo *qaʁma- (“light, bright, dawn, daylight”). Compare qaamavoq (“is bright, shines”).

Pronunciation
  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /qaammat/, [qəːm.mət]

Noun

qaammat (plural qaamassutit)

  1. moon
  2. month
    • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
      BBC-p qaammatini marlunni filmiliornini TV-mi takutittagassaq tuluit ilisimasassarsiortuannut Sir Ernerst Schackleton-imut tunngasoq naammassigaat
      BBC has finished two months of filming for a TV series about English explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton

Declension
Declension of qaammat
singular plural
absolutive qaammat qaammatit
ergative qaammatip qaammatit
allative qaammammut qaammatinut
ablative qaammammit qaammatinit
prosecutive qaammatikkut qaammatitigut
locative qaammammi qaammatini
instrumental qaammammik qaammatinik
equative qaammatitut qaammatitut
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