qitsuk

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /qitsuk/, [qɪt.t͡sʊk]

From Proto-Inuit *qiccuɣ- (“to scratch”). Compare qitsuppaa (“scratches it”). Possibly influenced by Danish kat (“cat”).

qitsuk (plural qitsuit)

1. cat
   • 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 5:

     Aqqusernup sangoriarnerani siullermi siullerpaamik eqqumiitsumik malugisaqarpoq - qitsuup aqqusernup nalunaaqutaa atuaraa takugamiuk. Dursleyp paasinngeqqaaraluarpaa qanoq pisoqarnersoq - taava niaqqi sangutippaa qanoq pisoqarnersoq takulluarumallugu. Ilumut qitsuk sanimukaarnilik aqqusernup sangoriaaniippoq, kisiannili nunap assinganik tigumiaqqajanngilaq. Sunaana eqqarsaatigisimagaa? Qaamarnup-una iseriattup qasertup qoqassissimagaa.

     It was on the corner of the street that he noticed the first sign of something peculiar – a cat reading a map. For a second, Mr Dursley didn’t realise what he had seen – then he jerked his head around to look again. There was a tabby cat standing on the corner of Privet Drive, but there wasn’t a map in sight. What could he have been thinking of? It must have been a trick of the light.

From Proto-Inuit *qikcuɣ (“dead flesh below nail”), from Proto-Eskimo *qiŋcuɣ (“bruised or broken nail”).

qitsuk (plural qitsuit)

1. dead flesh (below a nail, or wound)

• qitsuk in Katersat
• “qitsuk“ in iserasuaat.gl