seqineq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *ciqi-nǝʁ (“sun, sunshine”), from Proto-Eskimo *ciqi-nǝʁ (“sun”). Cognates include East Greenlandic siirliq, Inuktitut siqiniq, and Yupik ciqineq.

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /siqiniq/, [sɜ.qɪ.nɜq]

Noun

seqineq

1. sun

Declension

Declension of seqineq

case	singular	plural
absolutive	seqineq	seqernit
ergative	seqernup
allative	seqinermut	seqinernut
ablative	seqinermit	seqinernit
prolative	seqinikkut	seqinertigut
locative	seqinermi	seqinerni
instrumental	seqinermik	seqinernik
equative	seqinertut

Derived terms

• seqinerpoq (“to get sunstroke”)
• seqinersiorfik (“festival for the return of the sun”)
• seqinersiutit (“sunglasses”)
• seqinnerippoq (“to be sunny weather”)
• seqinnerpoq (“the sun shines”)
• seqinniarpoq (“to go out to see the sun after a period of darkness”)
• seqinnisaarpoq (“to bask in the sun”)

References

• seqineq in Katersat