umiaq

English

Noun

umiaq (plural umiaqs)

  1. Alternative spelling of umiak.

Anagrams

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *umia- (“large skin-boat, owner of big boat”), from Proto-Eskimo *umi(r)a- (“large skin-boat”).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /umiaq/, [u.mɪ.ɑq]

Noun

umiaq (plural umiat)

  1. a woman's boat

Declension

Declension of umiaq
case singular plural
absolutive umiaq umiat
ergative umiap
allative umiamut umianut
ablative umiamit umianit
prolative umiakkut umiatigut
locative umiami umiani
instrumental umiamik umianik
equative umiatut

Descendants

  • → Danish: umiak
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