-vik
Greenlandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Suffix edit
-vik (v-n?, additive?)
Usage notes edit
May become -ffik at a vowel base. (Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk Grammatik, 2003, Atugkat; p. 229)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 150, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014 (nominalizing)
Etymology 2 edit
Suffix edit
-vik (n-n?, additive?)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 160, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014 (nominal)
Yup'ik edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Yupik *-vik, from Proto-Eskimo *-vik. Compare Greenlandic -vik.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-vik
- Used to denote the time or place of an action.