... Nine of the Other

three of one, nine of the other

It should not surprise anyone to learn that the word for “winter”, ᐅᑭᐅᖅ (ukiuq), is also the word for “year”. After all, there is at least three times as much of it as of the summer, ᐊᐅᔭᖅ (aujaq).

Sometimes you have to make compromises.

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Three of One, Nine of the Other / created August 2011 / last modified October 2011