tarnut

tarnut

Greenlandic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /tarnut/, [tɑn.nʉt]

Noun

tarnut (plural tarnutit)

  1. cream (for the skin), grease, ointment
    • 1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit
      Pasipiluppara kinguaassiuutitigut nappaat herpes pineqarsoralugu, tassami pineqartumut receptimi allassimammat tarnut Zovirax.
      I strongly suspect the patient has the sexually transmitted disease of herpes, as they were prescribed Zovirax cream.

Declension

Declension of tarnut
case singular plural
absolutive tarnut tarnutit
ergative tarnutip
allative tarnummut tarnutinut
ablative tarnummit tarnutinit
prolative tarnutikkut tarnutitigut
locative tarnummi tarnutini
instrumental tarnummik tarnutinik
equative tarnutitut

Further reading

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