Matching Names
Found 1 matching names:S
| Name | ☼ | European | Old Spelling | |||
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| ▸ | Suersaq | N | Suersaĸ | |||
| Possibly a contracted form from the word: suuarsagaq/suuersagaq (the healed one (by a shaman?)) Cf. Kleinschmidt 1871:348: suuanngilaq: is well, has no ailments (in contrast to: suuarpoq: is not feeling well.) The name may also have been derived from an ancient word no longer in use in Greenlandic, but still in use in other Inuit dialects: "isuarsarpaa, tries to make him well physically or in a moral sense." Similar names: Massagaq (Mavsagaĸ): the Healed One, Massaaraq (Mavsâraĸ): the Little Healed One, Massannguaq (Mavsánguaĸ): the Sweet Little Healed One. Maqqioq (Marĸioĸ): uttering healing formulas. Number of name bearers: Suersaq (as forename) 25. (As surname) 30. Suerssaĸ (as forename): 2. Suerssaĸ (as last name): 8 | ||||||