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næs t. (dan.)
kaaveq
Related words: pynt, forbjerg, odde
Greenlandic: kangeq, kangersuaq, nuuk, nuussuaq, Niaqornaq
English: naze, headland, promontory, foreland
Usage examples: fastgjort benkugle på en hundeskagle; spids af noget; spids el. ende af noget (af en finger, en stav, en kniv, en vinge, et tårn osv.). Som stednavn Nûk, nünguaq, nûgssuaq, nûssaq, nûluk, nûgârssuk o. fl.
English: point or' end of something (finger, staff, knife, wing, tower, etc.). As:. place-name: nûk, nũnguaq, nûgssuaq, nûssaq, nûluk, nûgârssuk, etc.
References: Erik Fleischer, Oqaatsit (1990), Ordbogêraq (1951)

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