quviasuvvik

Inuktitut

Etymology

quviasuk- (“to be be happy”) +‎ -vik (“place or time where sth happens”) with consonant "k" assimilated to "v"

Noun

quviasuvvik (dual quviasuvviik, plural quviasuvviit)

1. Christmas and/or New Year.

   Quviasugitsi quviasuvvimi!

   "Happy Christmas" or "Happy New Year!"

   (literally, “Enjoy yourselves in enjoying time.”)