appartarneq

Greenlandic

Etymology

apparpoq (“decreases, falls down”) +‎ -tar +‎ -neq

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /appartarniq/, [ap.pət.tən.nɜq]

Noun

appartarneq

1. decrease
   • 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 appartarneq

	singular	plural
absolutive	appartarneq	appartarnerit
ergative	appartarnerup	appartarnerit
allative	appartarnermut	appartarnernut
ablative	appartarnermit	appartarnernit
prosecutive	appartarnikkut	appartarnertigut
locative	appartarnermi	appartarnerni
instrumental	appartarnermik	appartarnernik
equative	appartarnertut	appartarnertut