Matching Names
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| Name | ☼ | European | Old Spelling | |||
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| ▸ | Neruana | W | Neruana | |||
| The name comes from the ancient word 'neruak' which means 'to choose.' The ending -na is a so-called names affix. The word also has the same stem as : 'neruuppoq' which means: 'dedicates/gives of oneself', 'submits one to acquire it', (ordbogêrak' 1967, p. 123), also the stem 'neruut(i)' which means 'give permission to take', 'offer assistance'. (Comparative Eskimo Dictionary, 1994, p. 231.) The word may also be linked to : 'neriuppoq' (hopes) and 'neriugineqarpoq' (has good expectations to). Neruana was first registered as a name in Northern Greenland in 1799 as: 'Neroenna.' In Nunavut, Arctic Canada, 'niruartaujuq' means 'to be elected' (to an official post or function). | ||||||