amikoq

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *amiku- (“cuttlefish”), from Proto-Eskimo *amiku- (“octopus, cuttlefish”).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /amikuq/, [a.mɪ.kɔq]

Noun

amikoq (plural amikut)

1. squid
   • 2012, J. Nielsen, Suluk (Air Greenland)‎^[1], page 14:

     Uumasut sølvøksiunngitsut allat aamma qaamaneq takulliinaveersaarutitut atortarpaat. Assersuutigalugu amikoq qulinik talilik »bobtail­squid«, immap naqqani toqqorsimasartoq bakteerissanik immikkut qaamaniliortartunik sanaatigaluni.

     Animals other than marine hatchetfishes can also use light as camouflage. For example, the squid 'bobtail squid', which hides on the seabed while cultivating special light-producing bacteria.

2. octopus
3. cuttlefish

References

• DAKA