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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Greenlandish en · ADJ

Etymology

From Greenland + -ish, possibly after Danish grønlandsk.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, dated, not-comparable) Dated form of Greenlandic (“pertaining to Greenland”).
    • Intimately connected with the question of the date is that of the home of Eddic poetry. There is fair agreement about only two poems: "Atlamál," which is generally allowed to be of Greenlandish origin, and the "Prophecy of Grípir," which no doubt was composed by an Icelander of the twelfth century […] 1986, Lee M. Hollander, The Poetic Edda:

Greenlandish en · PROPN

Etymology

From Greenland + -ish, possibly after Danish grønlandsk.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, dated) Dated form of Greenlandic (“language of Greenland”).
    • The linguistic character of Faroese and Greenlandish are very different, Greenlandish being an Eskimo language whereas Faroese is a Nordic language with roots in Old Norwegian. 1996, Hans Goebl, Linguistique de contact:
    • Taking it for granted that Greenlandish may be held to represent the Eskimo tongue in general, we shall endeavour to give an idea of its remarkable construction. 1875, Hinrich Rink, Robert Brown, Tales and traditions of the Eskimo:

Synonyms

Greenlandic · Kalaallisut