kunik

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Inuktitut kunik.

Noun[edit]

kunik (plural kuniks)

  1. Synonym of Eskimo kiss

Greenlandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Inuit *kuniɣ- (“kiss, sniff”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kunik (plural kuniit)

  1. kiss

Declension[edit]

Declension of kunik
singular plural
absolutive kunik kuniit
ergative kuniup kuniit
allative kunimmut kuninnut
ablative kunimmit kuninnit
prosecutive kunikkut kunitsigut
locative kunimmi kuninni
instrumental kunimmik kuninnik
equative kunittut kunittut

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Kleinschmidt, Samuel: Den Grønlandske Ordbog, 2nd ed., p. 192. 1871 Louis Kleins Bogtrykkeri.
  • DAKA
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