Qainngu - Icefoot

Indigenous Knowledge

Kainguk 'ballikater' (Labrador Virtual Museum, Inuttut-English dictionary)

Qainngu ᖃᐃᙳ 'Earliest ice forming along the shoreline, when wind is coming towards the shore it starts to form.' (Sanikiluaq Siku Terminology Workshop, 2018)

Qaingu ᖃᐃᓐᒍ 'ᓯᔾᔭᑯᑦ ᓯᑰᓕᖅᑐ. (ᓂᐱᖓᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᒧᑦ) ᑎᓂᓐᓂᓪ ᖁᐊᖑᓕᑦᑐᖅ. ᐅᓕᕐᖕᓂ ᓯᑯᔭ. Sijjakut sikuuliqtu. (nipingajut nunamut) tininnil quangulittuq. Ulirngni sikuja. When ice is forming on the high tide line.' (Mittimatalik, Sikumiut Committee, Wilson and Arreak 2022: 67)

Qaanngoq ‘Icefoot (a narrow fringe of ice attached to the coast, unmoved by tides and remaining after the fast ice has moved away).’ (Kalaallisut, Tersis and Taveniers 2010: 418)

Western Knowledge

Icefoot 'A narrow fringe of ice attached to the coast, unmoved by tides and remaining after the fast ice has moved away.’ (MANICE)

Balicatter 'Ice formed by the action in winter of spray and waves along the shore-line, making a fringe or band on the landward side.' (Dictionary of Newfoundland English)