Matching Names
Found 1 matching names:K
| Name | ☼ | European | Old Spelling | |||
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| Name | ☼ | European | Old Spelling | |||
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| ▸ | Kikivik | S | Kikivik | |||
| Hypocoristic name. possibly from the old hypocoristic name 'kikkik' or 'kikkiik'. In Jonathan Petersens dictionary: 'ordbogêraĸ' p. 97: "kíkik" means 'ugly' or 'is he ever ugly!' Greenlanders have the habit of calling children with expressions which are contrary to what they mean, the Northern Greenlandic endearment term 'itaq' for example, means 'ugly', but is always understood as an endearment expression by both parties. 'Kikivik' can be an emphatical form of Kikkik, and means 'the really ugly one', meaning: 'the really sweet one'. (See also under the name Tuaruna.) The most famous Kikkik is the renowned psalm composer, printer, cathecist etc. Rasmus Berthelsen (1827-1901), who wrote the ever popular and soul-stirring Christmas psalm "Guuterput qutsinnermiu" (Our God in the highest). | ||||||