qaffatarneq

Greenlandic

Etymology

qaffappoq (“increases, rises up”) +‎ -tar +‎ -neq

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /qaffatarniq/, [qəf.fə.tən.nɜq]

Noun

qaffatarneq

1. increase
   • 2001 Louise Richter, for the Greenlandic Directorate of Culture, Education, Research and Ecclesiastical Affairs/Inerisaavik: "Kisitsineq/matematikki: Misilitsinnerit, naliliineq, atuartitsineq", p. 54

     Kiassutsip qaffattarneranut appartarneranullu kiisalu andengradsligningimik naatsorsuineq.

     Calculation of increases and decreases of temperature, as well as the quadratic equation.

Declension

Declension of qaffatarneq

	singular	plural
absolutive	qaffatarneq	qaffatarnerit
ergative	qaffatarnerup	qaffatarnerit
allative	qaffatarnermut	qaffatarnernut
ablative	qaffatarnermit	qaffatarnernit
prosecutive	qaffatarnikkut	qaffatarnertigut
locative	qaffatarnermi	qaffatarnerni
instrumental	qaffatarnermik	qaffatarnernik
equative	qaffatarnertut	qaffatarnertut