ukioq
Greenlandic edit
Alternative forms edit
- ukioĸ (superseded)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Inuit *ukiu- (“winter, autumn, year, spend the winter”), from Proto-Eskimo *ukju(r) (“winter, autumn, year”). Compare ukiaq (“autumn”), and ukiivoq (“spends the winter”). Cognate to Inuktitut ᐅᑭᐅᖅ (okioq), Inupiaq ukiuq.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ukioq (plural ukiut)
- winter
- 1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:
- Inuit BBC-meersut marloriarlutik Ammassalimmiissimapuut.siullermik[sic] martsimi, tassa taamani ukiup sikuani aalaakkammi filmiisoqarsimavoq.
- The people from BBC have been in Ammassalik twice. The first time in March, where they filmed on winter's firm ice on the water [i.e., the ice that is not frozen year-round].
- year
- 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:
Declension edit
Declension of ukioq
Derived terms edit
- ukioqarpoq (“to be X years old”)