kukik

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *kukiɣ (“nail, claw, hoof”), from Proto-Eskimo *kukǝɣ (“nail, claw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.kik/

Noun

kukik (plural kukiit)

1. claw, nail, hoof

Declension

Declension of kukik

case	singular	plural
absolutive	kukik	kukiit
ergative	kukiup
allative	kukimmut	kukinnut
ablative	kukimmit	kukinnit
prolative	kukikkut	kukitsigut
locative	kukimmi	kukinni
instrumental	kukimmik	kukinnik
equative	kukittut

References

• oqaasileriffik