pissuseq

Greenlandic

Etymology

pi +‎ -ssuseq

Pronunciation
  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /pissusiq/, [pɪs.sʉ.sɜq]

Noun

pissuseq (plural pissutsit)

  1. nature, way of being
    • 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
      Michael Treen oqaluttuarpoq Ammassalik toqqarneqarsimasoq pissusiata sikuijuitsumut[sic – meaning sikuiuitsumut] kujallermut eqqaanarnera pissutigalugu.
      Michael Treen relates that Ammassalik was chosen because of the similarity of its nature to that of the Antarctic Ocean ["the Southern ice-sea"].
  2. behaviour

Declension
Declension of pissuseq
singular plural
absolutive pissuseq pissutsit
ergative pissutsip pissutsit
allative pissutsimut pissutsinut
ablative pissutsimit pissutsinit
prosecutive pissutsikkut pissutsitigut
locative pissutsimi pissutsini
instrumental pissutsimik pissutsinik
equative pissutsitut pissutsitut

Further reading
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