qulingiluat

Greenlandic

**Greenlandic numbers ^(edit)**
← 8	9 9	10 →
Cardinal: qulingiluat Ordinal: qulingiluaat

Etymology

From Proto-Eskimo *quləŋŋuʀutəŋit- (“nine”), originally from *qulə(t) (“ten”) + *-ŋŋur (“become”) + *-utǝ (“do with”) + *-ŋit (“lack”), literally "lacking in becoming ten".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /quliŋiluat/

Numeral

qulingiluat

nine
- 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
  Teknikerit 28-vit isiginnaartitsisartullu qulinigiluat^{[sic – meaning qulingiluat]} Tunumiisimanertik naammagisimaaqaat.
  The 28 technicians and nine actors [something] their stay in Tunu.

Synonyms

(North Greenland) qulaaluat
(South Greenland) arfineq-sisamat

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