agiaq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *aɣi-aʁ- (“file, grindstone”), from Proto-Eskimo *aɣi- (“file, sharpen”). Compare agiarpoq (“files, rubs”).

Pronunciation
  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /aɡiaq/, [a.ɣɪ.ɑq]

Noun

agiaq (plural agissat)

  1. violin
    • 2012, H. Broberg, Sermitsiaq AG‎:
      Kikkut tamarmik nalunngilaat agiaq qanoq nipeqassanngitsoq, hiistit pamiuinnit agiaq tagiarneqartillugu.
      Everyone knows how it should not sound when the horsehair of a violin bow is incorrectly pulled on a violin.
  2. (obsolete) old shamanic term meaning rubbing stone
  3. basalt.
    Synonyms: agiamineq, basalti

Declension
Declension of agiaq
singular plural
absolutive agiaq agissat
ergative agissap agissat
allative agissamut agissanut
ablative agissamit agissanit
prosecutive agissakkut agissatigut
locative agissami agissani
instrumental agissaamik agissanik
equative agissatut agissatut

References
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