sikuiuitsoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /sikuiuitsuq/, [sɪ.kʊ.ʷɪ.ʊ.ʷɪt.t͡sɔq]

Noun

sikuiuitsoq

1. ice-sea

Declension

Declension of sikuiuitsoq

	singular	plural
absolutive	sikuiuitsoq	sikuiuitsut
ergative	sikuiuitsup	sikuiuitsut
allative	sikuiuitsumut	sikuiuitsunut
ablative	sikuiuitsumit	sikuiuitsunit
prosecutive	sikuiuitsukkut	sikuiuitsutigut
locative	sikuiuitsumi	sikuiuitsuni
instrumental	sikuiuitsumik	sikuiuitsunik
equative	sikuiuitsutut	sikuiuitsutut

See also

• Sikuiuitsoq (“the Arctic Ocean”)

Further reading

• DAKA
• Tersis, N. and Taverniers, P. (2010) Two Greenlandic Sea Ice Lists and Some considerations Regarding Inuit Sea Ice Terms. SIKU: Knowing Our Ice, Springer Science, pp.413-426, 2010.