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siniks

siniks is the plural of sinik.

Meaning of sinik

Noun (1)

sinik (plural sinik or siniks)

  1. The distance that can be traveled in a day given the current terrain and conditions, used as a measurement by the native peoples of Greenland.
    • From Etah to Uunartoq the three of us will be able to manage the transportation, and in two trips — well, we'll see. Four or five siniks.1982, Jean Malaurie, The Last Kings of Thule

Noun (2)

sinik (plural siniks)

  1. The spirit or magical force associated with an item in the belief system of New Guinea.
    • You've been handling the ancestral bones, so you can't touch my baby for three days — until the sinik of the bones leaves you. Otherwise, the sinik will possess my little one, who is small and weak, and its magical force will surely kill him!"1973, National Geographic Society (U.S.). Special Publications Division, Primitive worlds: people lost in time

Questions about siniks

What is siniks the plural of?
Siniks is the plural of sinik.

Words near siniks in the dictionary

  1. sinigrases
  2. sinigrin
  3. sinigrinase
  4. sinigrinases
  5. sinik
  6. siniks
  7. sinility
  8. Siniloan
  9. Sinim
  10. Sininan
  11. sinine

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