imaq

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /imaq/, [y.mɑq]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Inuit *ịmạ-, from Proto-Eskimo *ima-. Cognate of Inuktitut ᐃᒪᖅ (imaq).

Noun

imaq (plural imat)

1. sea, ocean.

   Isivit takuai, ilulissat immami. ― Your eyes are seeing, icebergs at the ocean. (from the song Seqineq)

Declension

Declension of imaq

case	singular	plural
absolutive	imaq	immat
ergative	immap
allative	immamut	immanut
ablative	immamit	immaniit
prolative	immakkut	immatigut
locative	immami	immani
instrumental	immamik	immanik
equative	immatut

Etymology 2

From Proto-Inuit *ima (“fill, contain, contents”), from Proto-Eskimo *ima (“fill, contents”).

Noun

imaq (plural imaatit, and imarutit)

1. content, contents

References

• imaq in Katersat
• “imaq“ in iserasuaat.gl

Inuktitut

Noun

imaq

1. Latin spelling of ᐃᒪᖅ (imaq)