quviasuvvik
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Inuktitut[edit]
Etymology[edit]
quviasuk- (“to be be happy”) + -vik (“place or time where sth happens”) with consonant "k" assimilated to "v"
Noun[edit]
quviasuvvik (dual quviasuvviik, plural quviasuvviit)
- Christmas and/or New Year.
- Quviasugitsi quviasuvvimi!
- "Happy Christmas" or "Happy New Year!"
- (literally, “Enjoy yourselves in enjoying time.”)