neqi

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Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nǝqǝ (“meat, food, cook a meal”), from Proto-Eskimo *nǝqǝ (“meat, food”). Compare neqissaq (“food, nourishment”).

Pronunciation

(Nuuk) IPA^(key): /niqi/, [nɜ.qɪ]

Noun

neqi (plural neqit)

meat
seal meat

Declension

Declension of neqi

	singular	plural
absolutive	neqi	neqit
ergative	neqip	neqit
allative	neqimut	neqinut
ablative	neqimit	neqinit
prosecutive	neqikkut	neqitigut
locative	neqimi	neqini
instrumental	neqimik	neqinik
equative	neqitut	neqitut

Derived terms

Derived terms

neqiuumasoq (“carnivore”)
neqigaa (“has it as food, is nourished by it”)
neqitaq (“bait”), neqitassaq (“bait”)
neqitorpoq (“eats meat”)

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