qanik

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *qan(n)iГ (falling snow, snowflake, snow), from Proto-Eskimo *qaniɣ (falling snow). Compare qannerpoq (snows).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /qanik/, [qə.nɪk]

Noun

qanik (plural qaniit)

  1. snowflake

Declension

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