ivik

Greenlandic

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.vik/

Noun

ivik (plural iviit)

1. hagfish
2. Atlantic hagfish (Myxine glutinosa)

Declension

Declension of ivik

	singular	plural
absolutive	ivik	iviit
ergative	iviup	iviit
allative	ivimmut	ivinnut
ablative	ivimmit	ivinnit
prosecutive	ivikkut	ivitsigut
locative	ivimmi	ivinni
instrumental	ivimmik	ivinnik
equative	ivittut	ivittut

Etymology 2

From Proto-Inuit *ǝvǝɣ (“grass”), from Proto-Eskimo *ǝvǝɣ (“grass”). Compare ivigaq (“grass”).

Noun

ivik (plural iviit)

1. grass, straw

Declension

Declension of ivik

	singular	plural
absolutive	ivik	iviit
ergative	iviup	iviit
allative	ivimmut	ivinnut
ablative	ivimmit	ivinnit
prosecutive	ivikkut	ivitsigut
locative	ivimmi	ivinni
instrumental	ivimmik	ivinnik
equative	ivittut	ivittut

References

• ivik in Katersat
• ivik in Katersat