ukiaq

Greenlandic

Alternative forms

• ukiaĸ (superseded)

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *ukiu- (“winter, autumn, year, spend the winter”), from Proto-Eskimo *ukju(r) (“winter, autumn, year”). Compare ukioq (“winter, year”), and ukiivoq (“spends the winter”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /ukiaq/, [u.kɪ.ɑq]

Noun

ukiaq (plural ukiat)

1. autumn

Declension

Declension of ukiaq

	singular	plural
absolutive	ukiaq	ukiat
ergative	ukiap	ukiat
allative	ukiamut	ukianut
ablative	ukiamit	ukianit
prosecutive	ukiakkut	ukiatigut
locative	ukiami	ukiani
instrumental	ukiamik	ukianik
equative	ukiatut	ukiatut