savik

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *caviɣ (“knife, iron”), from Proto-Eskimo *caviɣ (“knife, metal”).

Pronunciation
  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /savik/, [sə.vɪk]

Noun

savik (plural saviit)

  1. knife

Declension
Declension of savik
singular plural
absolutive savik saviit
ergative saviup saviit
allative savimmut savinnut
ablative savimmit savinnit
prosecutive savikkut savitsigut
locative savimmi savinni
instrumental savimmik savinnik
equative savittut savittut

Derived terms
  • saffiooq
  • saffiorpoq
  • saffiortoq
  • saffiugassaq
  • saffiugassat
  • saveeraq
  • savequtit
  • saviminilerineq
  • saviminissaq
  • savissaq
  • saviup kajungerisaa
  • saviup kajungerisoqarfia
  • saviusaq tarnut

Inuktitut

Noun

savik

  1. Latin spelling of ᓴᕕᒃ (safik)

Inupiaq

Etymology

From Proto-Eskimo *caviɣ.

Noun

savik (dual savvik, plural saviich)

  1. knife
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