suliffeqarfik

Greenlandic

Etymology

suliffik (“job, workplace”) +‎ -qar (“has, there are”) +‎ -vik (“place, time”), thus "place where there are jobs".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /su.lif.fɜ.qɑf.fik/

Noun

suliffeqarfik (plural suliffeqarfiit)

  1. company, firm, institution
    • 2015, Rex, P. F., Tamanut‎, page 10:
      Kalaallit Nunaanni suliffeqarfippassuit pissusaasa allanngortinnissaat kissaatigaarput, ilitsersuinerlu aamma ilinniartitsineq suliatta ilagaat, taamaalilluni suliffeqarfiit namminneq sulliviit avatangiisiinik naliliisarnissaat anguniarlugu...
      We want a change of attitude in many Greenlandic companies, and part of our work is also about guiding and teaching so that the companies themselves can assess their working environment.

Declension
Declension of suliffeqarfik
singular plural
absolutive suliffeqarfik suliffeqarfiit
ergative suliffeqarfiup suliffeqarfiit
allative suliffeqarfimmut suliffeqarfinnut
ablative suliffeqarfimmit suliffeqarfinnit
prosecutive suliffeqarfikkut suliffeqarfinnit
locative suliffeqarfimmi suliffeqarfinni
instrumental suliffeqarfimmik suliffeqarfinnik
equative suliffeqarfittut suliffeqarfittut

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References
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