tattak

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *tapta- (“fish scale”), from Proto-Eskimo *tavǝta- (“clam, cartilage, scale”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tat.tak/

Noun

tattak (plural tattaat)

1. scale, particularly of a fish

Declension

Declension of tattak

	singular	plural
absolutive	tattak	tattaat
ergative	tattaap	tattaat
allative	tattammut	tattannut
ablative	tattammit	tattannit
prosecutive	tattakkut	tattatsigut
locative	tattammi	tattanni
instrumental	tattammik	tattannik
equative	tattattut	tattattut

References

• oqaasileriffik