Inupiaq edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Inuit *niviaqcǝɣa- (girl, young unmarried woman), from Proto-Eskimo *nǝviaʁcǝɣa (girl, young unmarried woman). Compare Greenlandic niviarsiaq.

Noun edit

niviaqsiaq (dual niviaqsiak, plural niviaqsiat)

  1. young, unmarried girl, miss