pissuseq

Greenlandic

Etymology

pi +‎ -ssuseq

Noun

pissuseq

  1. nature, way of being
    • 1982 August 4, "Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq", 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

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