kamik

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᑲᒥᒃ (kamik).

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmɪk/, /ˈkæmɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɑmɪk

Noun

kamik (plural kamiks)

1. A mukluk.
   • 1987, Jill Elizabeth Oakes, Factors influencing kamik production in Arctic Bay, Northwest Territories:

     Regional differences affect kamik styles.

   • 1996, William T. Vollmann, The Atlas:

     The old man in old grayish kamiks still had very good vision […]

Anagrams

• Makki

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *kąmǝ̣ɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *kamǝɣ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.mik/

Noun

kamik (plural kamiit or kanngit)

1. boot

Declension

Declension of kamik

	singular	plural
absolutive	kamik	kamiit
ergative	kamiup	kamiit
allative	kamimmut	kaminnut
ablative	kamimmit	kaminnit
prosecutive	kamikkut	kamitsigut
locative	kamimmi	kaminni
instrumental	kamimmik	kaminnik
equative	kamittut	kamittut

References

• kamik in Katersat

Inuktitut

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *kąmǝ̣ɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *kamǝɣ.

Noun

kamik

1. Latin spelling of ᑲᒥᒃ (kamik)