paaq

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /paaq/, [pɑːq]

Etymology 1

Noun

paaq (plural paat)

1. red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)

Declension

Declension of paaq

	singular	plural
absolutive	paaq	paat
ergative	paap	paat
allative	paamut	paanut
ablative	paamit	paanit
prosecutive	paakkut	paatigut
locative	paami	paani
instrumental	paamik	paanik
equative	paatut	paatut

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

Declension of paaq

	singular	plural
absolutive	paaq	paat
ergative	paap	paat
allative	paamut	paanut
ablative	paamit	paanit
prosecutive	paakkut	paatigut
locative	paami	paani
instrumental	paamik	paanik
equative	paatut	paatut

Etymology 3

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

Noun

paaq (plural paat)

1. soot

Declension

Declension of paaq

	singular	plural
absolutive	paaq	paat
ergative	paap	paat
allative	paamut	paanut
ablative	paamit	paanit
prosecutive	paakkut	paatigut
locative	paami	paani
instrumental	paamik	paanik
equative	paatut	paatut