kunik

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Inuktitut kunik.

Noun

kunik (plural kuniks)

1. Synonym of Eskimo kiss

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *kuniɣ- (“kiss, sniff”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /kunik/, [kʊ.nɪk]

Noun

kunik (plural kuniit)

1. kiss

Declension

Declension of kunik

case	singular	plural
absolutive	kunik	kuniit
ergative	kuniup
allative	kunimmut	kuninnut
ablative	kunimmit	kuninnit
prolative	kunikkut	kunitsigut
locative	kunimmi	kuninni
instrumental	kunimmik	kuninnik
equative	kunittut

Related terms

• kunippaa

Further reading

• Kleinschmidt, Samuel: Den Grønlandske Ordbog, 2nd ed., p. 192. 1871 Louis Kleins Bogtrykkeri.
• DAKA