English
iktsuarpok
Iktsuarpok comes from Inuktitut ᐃᒃᑦᓱᐊᕐᐳᒃ ‘goes outside often to check if someone is coming’.
- Inuktitutmodernᐃᒃᑦᓱᐊᕐᐳᒃiktsoarpok‘goes outside often to check if someone is coming’
- Englishearliest quotation 2014iktsuarpok
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Inuktitutmodernᐃᒃᑦᓱᐊᕐᐳᒃiktsoarpok‘goes outside often to check if someone is coming’
- Englishearliest quotation 2014iktsuarpok
Earliest quotation: 2014, Sheila Tipay, Neupella and the Walking Stick: “The noise was loud, but they had ear plugs…”
Every English word from Inuktitut ᐃᒃᑦᓱᐊᕐᐳᒃ
Today it means
noun The feeling of anticipation while waiting for someone to arrive, often leading to intermittently going outside to check for them.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Inuktitut ᐃᒃᑦᓱᐊᕐᐳᒃ / iktsuarpok