iġñiq

Inupiaq

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *iʀnǝq, from Proto-Eskimo *iʀnǝʀ. Cognate with Greenlandic erneq, Inuktitut ᐃᕐᓂᖅ (irniq).

Noun

iġñiq (dual iġñak, plural iġñiġich)

  1. son