Qunnik - Crack in shoreline ice

Indigenous Knowledge

Qunniq ᖁᓐᓂᖅ
'[pl. qunniit ᖁᓐᓃᑦ] Cracks in the ice along the shoreline, due to tidal movements, it could also be connecting land and floe edge, seals move along these.' (Sanikiluaq Siku Terminology Workshop, 2018)

Qunniq ᖁᓐᓂᖅ
'ᓄᑦᑕᖅ ᓯᔾᔭᐅᑉ ᑭᓪᓕᖓ. A deep crack that can form in sijja, along the qainngu, and  can be dangerous.' (North/South Qikiqtaaluk, Inuit Siku Atlas)

Qungniq ᖁᖕᓂᖅ
'ᓯᔾᔭᒥ ᓄᑦᑕᐃᑦ. A long crack along the tidal zone in the winter.'  (North/South Qikiqtaaluk, Inuit Siku Atlas)

Atuaarut 
'ᒥᑭᔪᖅ ᒪᓪᓕᕐᒥᑦ ᐋᔪᕋᖑᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑐᐋᕈᑦ ᑕᐅᕗᖓᓕᒫᖅ ᓯᒡᔭᖓ. Mikijuq mallirmit aajuranguqtut atuaarut tauvungalimaaq sigjanga. Tiny tidal cracks that follow the shoreline.' (Gjoa Haven, Nattilingmiutut, Qikiqtaqmiut Committee, Beaulieu, Wilson and Aglukkaq 2023: 45)

Possibly related term:

Ipsiññiq 
'crack along the first shore ice in fall' (North Alaskan Iñupiaq, https://inupiaqonline.com/ipsi%C3%B1%C3%B1iq) 
 

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