qannerpoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *qan(n)iГ (“falling snow, snowflake, snow”), from Proto-Eskimo *qaniɣ (“falling snow”). Compare qanik (“snowflake”).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /qannirpuq/, [qən.nɜp.pɔq]

Verb

qannerpoq

  1. (intransitive) snows
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