kanajoq

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Greenlandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Inuit *känäjų̣- (“sculpin”). Cognate with Inuinnaqtun kanajuq, Inupiaq kanayuq, and Inuktitut ᑲᓇᔪᖅ (kanayoq).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kanajoq (plural kanassat)

  1. sculpin
  2. shorthorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius)

References[edit]

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