kanajoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *känäjų̣- (“sculpin”). Cognate with Inuinnaqtun kanajuq, Inupiaq kanayuq, and Inuktitut ᑲᓇᔪᖅ (kanayoq).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /kanajuq/, [kə.nə.jɔq]

Noun

kanajoq (plural kanassat)

1. sculpin
2. shorthorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius)

References

• oqaasileriffik