qannerpoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *qan(n)iГ (“falling snow, snowflake, snow”), from Proto-Eskimo *qaniɣ (“falling snow”). Compare qanik (“snowflake”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /qannirpuq/, [qən.nɜp.pɔq]

Verb

qannerpoq

1. (intransitive) snows