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ivik

Greenlandic edit

Etymology 1 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ivik (plural iviit)

  1. hagfish
  2. Atlantic hagfish (Myxine glutinosa)
Declension edit
Declension of ivik
singular plural
absolutive ivik iviit
ergative iviup iviit
allative ivimmut ivinnut
ablative ivimmit ivinnit
prosecutive ivikkut ivitsigut
locative ivimmi ivinni
instrumental ivimmik ivinnik
equative ivittut ivittut

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Inuit *ǝvǝɣ (“grass”), from Proto-Eskimo *ǝvǝɣ (“grass”). Compare ivigaq (“grass”).

Noun edit

ivik (plural iviit)

  1. grass, straw
Declension edit
Declension of ivik
singular plural
absolutive ivik iviit
ergative iviup iviit
allative ivimmut ivinnut
ablative ivimmit ivinnit
prosecutive ivikkut ivitsigut
locative ivimmi ivinni
instrumental ivimmik ivinnik
equative ivittut ivittut

References edit

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