"siku" meaning in Greenlandic

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Noun

IPA: /siku/ (note: Nuuk), [sɪ.kʊ] (note: Nuuk)
Etymology: From Proto-Inuit *ciku (“ice”), from Proto-Eskimo *ciku (“ice”). Etymology templates: {{inh|kl|esx-inu-pro|*ciku|t=ice}} Proto-Inuit *ciku (“ice”), {{der|kl|esx-esk-pro|*ciku|t=ice}} Proto-Eskimo *ciku (“ice”) Head templates: {{head|kl|noun|plural|sikut|head=}} siku (plural sikut), {{kl-noun|sikut}} siku (plural sikut) Forms: sikut [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], siku [absolutive, singular], sikut [absolutive, plural], sikup [ergative, singular], sikut [ergative, plural], sikumut [allative, singular], sikunut [allative, plural], sikumit [ablative, singular], sikunit [ablative, plural], sikukkut [prolative, singular], sikutigut [plural, prolative], sikumi [locative, singular], sikuni [locative, plural], sikumik [instrumental, singular], sikunik [instrumental, plural], sikutut [equative]
  1. ice (on water)
    Sense id: en-siku-kl-noun-vvg63is6 Categories (other): Water Disambiguation of Water: 89 11
  2. ice-cream, ice lolly
    Sense id: en-siku-kl-noun--ypNIsoF Categories (other): Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 18 entries, Pages with entries, Foods, Ice Disambiguation of Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with 18 entries: 1 37 13 3 5 1 1 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 43 7 2 2 1 1 44 Disambiguation of Foods: 4 96 Disambiguation of Ice: 43 57
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kl",
        "2": "esx-inu-pro",
        "3": "*ciku",
        "t": "ice"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Inuit *ciku (“ice”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kl",
        "2": "esx-esk-pro",
        "3": "*ciku",
        "t": "ice"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Eskimo *ciku (“ice”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Inuit *ciku (“ice”), from Proto-Eskimo *ciku (“ice”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sikut",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "siku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikup",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ergative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ergative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikumut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikunut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikumit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikunit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikukkut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "prolative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikutigut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "prolative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikumi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikuni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikumik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikunik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikutut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "equative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kl",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "sikut",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "siku (plural sikut)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sikut"
      },
      "expansion": "siku (plural sikut)",
      "name": "kl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greenlandic",
  "lang_code": "kl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "kl",
          "name": "Water",
          "orig": "kl:Water",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              95,
              113
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              105,
              112
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The people from BBC have been in Ammassalik twice. The first time in March, ? on winter's firm ice [on the water] ?",
          "ref": "1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:",
          "text": "Inuit BBC-meersut marloriarlutik Ammassalimmiissimapuut.siullermik^([sic]) martsimi, tassa taamani ukiup sikuani aalaakkammi filmiisoqarsimavoq.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ice (on water)"
      ],
      "id": "en-siku-kl-noun-vvg63is6",
      "links": [
        [
          "ice",
          "ice"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 98",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 37 13 3 5 1 1 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 18 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 43 7 2 2 1 1 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "kl",
          "name": "Foods",
          "orig": "kl:Foods",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "kl",
          "name": "Ice",
          "orig": "kl:Ice",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ice-cream, ice lolly"
      ],
      "id": "en-siku-kl-noun--ypNIsoF",
      "links": [
        [
          "ice-cream",
          "ice-cream"
        ],
        [
          "ice lolly",
          "ice lolly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/siku/",
      "note": "Nuuk"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sɪ.kʊ]",
      "note": "Nuuk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "siku"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Greenlandic lemmas",
    "Greenlandic nouns",
    "Greenlandic terms derived from Proto-Eskimo",
    "Greenlandic terms derived from Proto-Inuit",
    "Greenlandic terms inherited from Proto-Inuit",
    "Greenlandic terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 18 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "kl:Foods",
    "kl:Ice",
    "kl:Water"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kl",
        "2": "esx-inu-pro",
        "3": "*ciku",
        "t": "ice"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Inuit *ciku (“ice”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kl",
        "2": "esx-esk-pro",
        "3": "*ciku",
        "t": "ice"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Eskimo *ciku (“ice”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Inuit *ciku (“ice”), from Proto-Eskimo *ciku (“ice”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sikut",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "siku",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikup",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ergative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ergative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikumut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikunut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikumit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikunit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikukkut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "prolative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikutigut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "prolative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikumi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikuni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikumik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikunik",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikutut",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "equative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kl",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "sikut",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "siku (plural sikut)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sikut"
      },
      "expansion": "siku (plural sikut)",
      "name": "kl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Greenlandic",
  "lang_code": "kl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Greenlandic terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              95,
              113
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              105,
              112
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The people from BBC have been in Ammassalik twice. The first time in March, ? on winter's firm ice [on the water] ?",
          "ref": "1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:",
          "text": "Inuit BBC-meersut marloriarlutik Ammassalimmiissimapuut.siullermik^([sic]) martsimi, tassa taamani ukiup sikuani aalaakkammi filmiisoqarsimavoq.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ice (on water)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ice",
          "ice"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ice-cream, ice lolly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ice-cream",
          "ice-cream"
        ],
        [
          "ice lolly",
          "ice lolly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/siku/",
      "note": "Nuuk"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sɪ.kʊ]",
      "note": "Nuuk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "siku"
}

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