ӄукыӽ

Sirenik

Etymology

From Proto-Yupik *qukaq.

Noun

ӄукыӽ (qukyx̌)

1. lower back

References

• G. A. Menovschikov (1964) Язык сиреникских эскимосов [The language of Sirenik Eskimos]‎^[1], Академия Наук СССР, page 188
• Fortescue, Michael, Jacobson, Steven, Kaplan, Lawrence (1994) Comparative Eskimo Dictionary, Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center, page 313