Talk:usteq

RFV discussion: September 2022–February 2023

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usteq

Defined as "Yup'ik word for catastrophic land collapse caused by the melting of permafrost, coastal flooding and erosion". So I doubt it's an English word at all. Equinox ◑ 21:45, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

I tried to look up the etymology of this word and, as with several other words from this language family, I got stuck about halfway. I suspect it's a word that simply means "falling" or "collapse" (from the stem uste-) and that the much more specific sense is confined to English. It isnt as obvious as it seems, because Eskimo-Aleut languages have complicated grammmar and we can't just assume a word usteq is built from uste- and a suffix -q. So I can't confirm anything, and I've put off replying until now. —Soap— 17:39, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Just posting to say it's been cited,^{not by me} so this should probably close now as it's been five months and the citations are clearly in English, without quote marks, etc. I can't really expect to get anywhere on finding the etymology without learning the language at least to entry level, but if I find the time, I'll remember this word and several others that I'm also interested in. —Soap— 19:03, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

RFV Passed Ioaxxere (talk) 22:41, 9 February 2023 (UTC)