Matching Names
Found 1 matching names:P
| Name | ☼ | European | Old Spelling | |||
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| Name | ☼ | European | Old Spelling | |||
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| ▸ | Parnuuna | W | Parnûna | |||
| Parnuuna most probably have roots in the word ‘paanngorpoq’ (crawling) and thus originally must have been a hypocoristic (endearment) word for a crawling baby. The name has been registered in old parish registers in a variety of spelllings, according to how they heard the name mentioned, i.e.; “Pernguna” (Nuuk 1743), “Painguna” (Qeqertarsuaq 1778 & 1793), Paurnina (Frederiksdal 1824), “Paorvnguna” (Uummannaq 1883 & 1915). Many originally hypocoristic words used for babies has evolved into personal names over time, names such as:: Aqartina (”the one whom often is sung to”), Avaaq/Avaaraq (”falls backward and hits his head”), Maannguaq (of maarpoq: ”the moaning/wailing one”, i.e. (lovingly): ’the thinskinned little one’), Maqujuk/Maaqujuk (”the one who often moans/wails”), Qiajuk/Qiaajuk (”lachrymose”), Ungaaq (”wails as a baby”, present meaning: ”infant”), Viivi/Vivi of ”viiveeraq” (baby language: ”viiverpoq”: ”sleeps”, but present meaning in Southern Greenlandic: ”baby”) Hypocoristic name. Number of name bearers: Parnuuna 31. Parnûna 28. | ||||||