ukiaq

Greenlandic edit

Alternative forms edit

ukiaĸ (superseded)

Etymology edit

From Proto-Inuit *ukiu- (“winter, autumn, year, spend the winter”), from Proto-Eskimo *ukju(r) (“winter, autumn, year”). Compare ukioq (“winter, year”), and ukiivoq (“spends the winter”).

Pronunciation edit

(Nuuk) IPA^(key): /ukiaq/, [u.kɪ.ɑq]

Noun edit

ukiaq (plural ukiat)

autumn

Declension edit

Declension of ukiaq

	singular	plural
absolutive	ukiaq	ukiat
ergative	ukiap	ukiat
allative	ukiamut	ukianut
ablative	ukiamit	ukianit
prosecutive	ukiakkut	ukiatigut
locative	ukiami	ukiani
instrumental	ukiamik	ukianik
equative	ukiatut	ukiatut