kakkik

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *kakki-ɣ (“snot, mucus, upper lip”), from Proto-Eskimo *kakjǝ- (“snot, upper lip”). Compare kakkiviaq (“upper lip”).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /kakkik/, [kək.kɪk]

Noun

kakkik (plural kakkiit)

  1. mucus, snot

Declension

Declension of kakkik
case singular plural
absolutive kakkik kakkiit
ergative kakkiup
allative kakkimmut kakkinnut
ablative kakkimmit kakkinnit
prolative kakkikkut kakkitsigut
locative kakkimmi kakkinni
instrumental kakkimmik kakkinnik
equative kakkittut
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