piffik
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Greenlandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Inuit *piviɣ (“time or place”), from Proto-Eskimo *piviɣ (“direction, time or place for something”). Compare piffissaq (“time”). Probably formed from the prefix pi (“meaningless prefix”) and suffix -vik (“time or place”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
piffik (plural piffiit)
- time or place for doing something
- 2018, H.N. Sørensen, KNR - Kina Issittumut eqqissisimanartumik iliuusissamik qinersisoq[1]:
- Nunalli Issittumut qanittut – soorlu Kina – piffik pillugu suleqatigineqarnissaat pingaaruteqartoq naqissuserneqarpoq.
- However, it is emphasized that countries close to the Arctic - such as China - are important partners in the region
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