nilak

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *nila-ɣ (“freshwater ice”), from Proto-Eskimo *ńila-ɣ (“freshwater ice”). Compare nilappoq (“there is a glazed frost”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /nilak/, [nɪ.lək]

Noun

nilak (plural nilaat)

1. piece of glacier ice
2. freshwater ice

Declension

Declension of nilak

	singular	plural
absolutive	nilak	nilaat
ergative	nilaap	nilaat
allative	nilammut	nilannut
ablative	nilammit	nilannit
prosecutive	nilakkut	nilatsigut
locative	nilammi	nilanni
instrumental	nilammik	nilannik
equative	nilattut	nilattut

Derived terms

• nilakkarneq (“freezing rain”)
• nilattarpoq (“fetches freshwater ice”)