erneq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *ịʁnị-ʁ, from Proto-Eskimo *iʁni-ʁ. Cognate of Inuktitut ᐃᕐᓂᖅ (irniq) and Inupiaq iġñiq.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɜn.nɜq/

Noun

erneq (plural ernerit)

  1. son
    • 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:
      Nuliaralu siullermik ernertaarpugut, ukiut marluk qaangiummata panmissaarluta,[sic – meaning panissaarluta] sulilu ukiut marluk qaangiuteqqimmata panissaaqqilluta.
      My wife and I first had a son, two years later a daughter, and another two years after that, another daughter.
    • 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 4:
      Aappariit erneeraqarput Dudleymik atilimmik. Aappariit isumaqarput ernertik silarsuarmi asseqanngitsoq.
      The Dursleys had a small son called Dudley and in their opinion there was no finer boy [son] anywhere.

Declension
Declension of erneq
singular plural
absolutive erneq ernerit
ergative ernerup ernerit
allative ernermut ernernut
ablative ernermit ernernit
prosecutive ernikkut ernertigut
locative ernermi ernerni
instrumental ernermik ernernik
equative ernertut ernertut

References

Yup'ik

Etymology

From erte- (“to dawn”) +‎ -neq (postbase meaning a thing that results from -ing).

Noun

erneq

  1. day (24-hour period or day as opposed to night)
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