ippiarsuk

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *ịkpịạʁ-ruɣ (“sewing kit, small bag”), from Proto-Eskimo *ǝkviɣ (“small bag for belongings”). Cognate with Inupiaq ikpiaàruk (“sewing kit, bone needle case”). Compare -arsuk (“small”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ip.pi.ʲɑs.suk/

Noun

ippiarsuk (plural ippiarsuit)

1. skin bag, sewing kit
2. sea walnut, warty comb jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi)

Declension

Declension of ippiarsuk

	singular	plural
absolutive	ippiarsuk	ippiarsuit
ergative	ippiarsuup	ippiarsuit
allative	ippiarsummut	ippiarsunnut
ablative	ippiarsummit	ippiarsunnit
prosecutive	ippiarsukkut	ippiarsutsigut
locative	ippiarsummi	ippiarsunni
instrumental	ippiarsummik	ippiarsunnik
equative	ippiarsuttut	ippiarsuttut

References

• oqaasileriffik
• oqaasileriffik