paaq

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

Noun

paaq (plural paat)

  1. red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)
Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Inuit *paa (opening, entrance, mouth), from Proto-Eskimo *parǝ (opening, hole, entrance).

Noun

paaq (plural paat)

  1. hallway, entrance hall
  2. mouth, opening, entrance
Declension

Etymology 3

From Proto-Inuit *pau-la (soot, smoke), from Proto-Eskimo *paɣu-la (soot, ashes, dirt).

Noun

paaq (plural paat)

  1. soot
Declension
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