qanik

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *qan(n)iГ (“falling snow, snowflake, snow”), from Proto-Eskimo *qaniɣ (“falling snow”). Compare qannerpoq (“snows”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /qanik/, [qə.nɪk]

Noun

qanik (plural qaniit)

1. snowflake

Declension

Declension of qanik

	singular	plural
absolutive	qanik	qaniit
ergative	qaniup	qaniit
allative	qanimmut	qaninnut
ablative	qanimmit	qaninnit
prosecutive	qanikkut	qanitsigut
locative	qanimmi	qaninni
instrumental	qanimmik	qaninnik
equative	qanittut	qanittut