agiaq

From Proto-Inuit *aɣi-aʁ- (“file, grindstone”), from Proto-Eskimo *aɣi- (“file, sharpen”). Compare agiarpoq (“files, rubs”).

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /aɡiaq/, [a.ɣɪ.ɑq]

agiaq (plural agissat)

1. violin
   • 2012, H. Broberg, Sermitsiaq AG‎^[1]:

     Kikkut tamarmik nalunngilaat agiaq qanoq nipeqassanngitsoq, hiistit pamiuinnit agiaq tagiarneqartillugu.

     Everyone knows how it should not sound when the horsehair of a violin bow is incorrectly pulled on a violin.

2. (obsolete) old shamanic term meaning rubbing stone
3. basalt.

   Synonyms: agiamineq, basalti

• agiaq in Katersat
• agiaq in Katersat