isuma

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *icuma(-) (“mind, think”), from Proto-Eskimo *ǝcumǝ- (“reason, mind, think”).

Pronunciation
  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /isuma/, [i.sʊ.mə]

Noun

isuma (plural isummat)

  1. meaning, significance, conception
  2. mind, sense, will
  3. opinion, view, ideology

Declension
Declension of isuma
singular plural
absolutive isuma isummat
ergative isummap isummat
allative isummamut isummanut
ablative isummamit isummanit
prosecutive isummakkut isummatigut
locative isummami isummani
instrumental isummamik isummanik
equative isummatut isummatut

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