Maniilaaq - Rough/Hummocked Ice

Indigenous Knowledge

Maniillat
‘Uneven ice or deformed ice (ice which has been squeezed together and in places forced upwards; ridged ice or hummocked ice).’ (Kalaallisut, Tersis and Taveniers 2010: 418)

Manettuk
'Rough, rough spot [e.g., ice]' (Labrador Virtual Museum)

Maniilaat / Maniittuq  ᒪᓃᓛᑦ / ᒪᓃᑦᑐᖅ
'ᓯᑯᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓯᖁᑦᑎᕐᓂᑯᑦ ᓯᑯᕈᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᑐᖅ; ᑐᑭᖓ ᒪᓃᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᖏᓂᖅᓴᐅᑉᐸᑕ ᓯᑯᐃᑦ, ᐃᖏᐅᓕᐅᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᒐᔭᖅᑐᖅ.
Sikuvalliatillugu siquttirnikut sikurukkanniqtuq; tukinga maniittuq anginiqsauppata sikuit, ingiuliurniqsaugajaqtuq.
Rough ice created in the fall as currents and winds move the ice around, small pieces break off and refreeze in the same area; referred to as maniittuq when larger pieces of ice are involved, it would be more rough.' (Kinngait, South Qikiqtaaluk, Kinngait Sea Ice Glossary 2023: 18)

Maniittualuq ᒪᓃᑦᑐᐊᓗᖅ
'ᓯᑯ ᖃᓕᕇᒃᓯᓯᒪᔪᖅ, ᐃᖏᕋᕕᒃᓴᐅᖏᑦᑐᖅ. ᓱᓪᓗᖓᓂ Navy Board Inlet ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒐᔪᒃᑐᖅ, ᓯᓈᖓᑕ ᖃᓂᒋᔮᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖓᓂ ᐊᑭᐊᓗᐊᑕ ᕿᑭᕐᑕᐅᑉ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᐅᑉ ᐃᒪᖓᓂ ᐃᖏᕋᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᐳᕐᑐᓂᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᑐᖅ 10 ᐃᓯᒐᐃᑦ.
Siku qaliriiksisimajuq, ingiraviksaungittuq. Sullungani Navy Board Inlet taimaigajuktuq, sinaangata qanigijaani ammalu uangnangani akialuata qikirtaup pijjutigillugu tallurutiup imangani ingiranirmut. purtuniqarunnartuq 10 isigait.
Rough ice, impossible to travel on. Common in Navy Board Inlet, near the sinaa (#24), and along the north side of Bylot Island due to the Lancaster Sound current. Can be 10 feet high.' (Mittimatalik, Sikumiut Committee, Wilson and Arreak 2022: 106)

Mannilaq ᒪᓐᓂᓚᖅ
'ᒪᓂᕋᐅᓐᖏᑦᑐᖅ ᑭᓕᕐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᑯ ᒪᓐᓂᓚᖅ. Maniraunngittuq kilirnaqtuq siku mannilaq. Rough jagged ice.' (Gjoa Haven, Qikiqtaqmiut Committee, Beaulieu, Wilson & Aglukkaq 2023: 59)

Western Knowledge

Hummocked Ice
'Ice piled haphazardly one piece over another to form an uneven surface. When weathered ithas the appearance of smooth hillocks.' (MANICE, Section 1.8.2)

Hummock
'A hillock of broken ice which has been forced upwards by pressure. May be fresh or weathered. The submerged volume of broken ice under the hummock, forced downwards by pressure, is termed a bummock.' (MANICE, Section 1.8.2)

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