kiak

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *kiraɣ (“heat, summer, hot”), from Proto-Eskimo *kiraɣ (“hot weather, summer”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /kiak/, [kɪ.ək]

Noun

kiak (plural kiaat)

1. heat

Declension

Declension of kiak

	singular	plural
absolutive	kiak	kiaat
ergative	kiaap	kiaat
allative	kiammut	kiannut
ablative	kiammit	kiannit
prosecutive	kiakkut	kiatsigut
locative	kiammi	kianni
instrumental	kiammik	kiannik
equative	kiattut	kiattut

See also

• kiappoq

Tetum

Adjective

kiak

1. poor