ivik

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Greenlandic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ivik (plural iviit)

  1. hagfish
  2. Atlantic hagfish (Myxine glutinosa)
Declension[edit]
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[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

ivik (plural iviit)

  1. grass, straw
Declension[edit]
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[edit]

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