uppik

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *ukpǝɣ (“snowy owl”), from Proto-Eskimo *uŋpǝɣ (“owl”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /uppik/, [up.pɪk]

Noun

uppik (plural uppiit)

1. snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus)
2. owl

Declension

Declension of uppik

	singular	plural
absolutive	uppik	uppiit
ergative	uppiup	uppiit
allative	uppimmut	uppinnut
ablative	uppimmit	uppinnit
prosecutive	uppikkut	uppitsigut
locative	uppimmi	uppinni
instrumental	uppimmik	uppinnik
equative	uppittut	uppittut