Matching Names
Found 16 matching names:A | I | K | M | P | S | T | U
| Name | ☼ | European | Old Spelling | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | ☼ | European | Old Spelling | |||
| A | ||||||
| Aaqqii | E W | Ârĸê | ||||
| Alataq | N W | Alataĸ | ||||
| ▸ | Angubesen | W | ||||
| One of the few Greenlandic surnames originating from a Greenlandic forefathers name with a Scandinavian -sen added to it. In this case the forefather from Kitsissuarsuit, Disko Bay bore the name: Anguupersuaq (the great Anguupi), adapted into the Danish spelling: Angubesen. | ||||||
| ▸ | Anguupisen | W | Angûpesen | |||
| One of the few Greenlandic surnames originating from a Greenlandic forefathers name with a Scandinavian -sen added to it. In this case the forefather from Kitsissuarsuit, Disko Bay bore the name: Anguupersuaq (the great Anguupi), adapted into the Danish spelling: Angubesen. | ||||||
| I | ||||||
| Inuusuttoq | W | Inûsugtoĸ | ||||
| K | ||||||
| Kivioq | N W | Kivioĸ | ||||
| Kukku | E W | Kúko | ||||
| ▸ | Kunuk | E W | Kunuk | |||
| Hypocoristic name. Mythological name. Kunuk is either an antiquated name from myths, whose meaning has become obscure, or as believed by some Canadian Inuit, it could be a hypocoristic name. Perhaps a short form of 'inequnaq' (Sweet/cute One): 'unukunuk' -> 'kunuk'. Several Greenlandic names belong to this category, see: Natuk and Kuluk. Number of name bearers: Kunuk (in Greenland) 136. Kunuk (in Denmark) 20. | ||||||
| M | ||||||
| Miteq | N W | Miteĸ | ||||
| P | ||||||
| ▸ | Palleq | N W | Patdleκ | |||
| Name for (dwarf) willow or alder (alnus crispa). Grows in tall shrubs in the interior. | ||||||
| ▸ | Piloq | N W | Piloĸ | |||
| Probably a short form of the word pilutaq (leaf). But Inughuit also have a way of saying: "pilugataaraa" which means "handles it with care." | ||||||
| S | ||||||
| Simigaq | N SW | Simigaĸ | ||||
| T | ||||||
| Tukku | E W | Túko | ||||
| U | ||||||
| Ujarneq | E W | Ujarneĸ | ||||
| Ulloriaq | N W | Uvdloriaĸ | ||||
| Uppernanngitsoq | W | Ugpernángitsoĸ | ||||