nilak
Greenlandic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Inuit *nila-ɣ (“freshwater ice”), from Proto-Eskimo *ńila-ɣ (“freshwater ice”). Compare nilappoq (“there is a glazed frost”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnilak (plural nilaat)
- piece of glacier ice
- freshwater ice
Declension
editDeclension of nilak
Derived terms
edit- nilakkarneq (“freezing rain”)
- nilattarpoq (“fetches freshwater ice”)