panik

Etymology

Either from English panic or from French panique, from Latin panicus, from Ancient Greek πανικός (panikós, “pertaining to Pan”).

Noun

panik c (singular definite panikken, not used in plural form)

1. panic (overpowering fright)

Verb

panik

1. imperative of panikke

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *paniɣ, from Proto-Eskimo *paniɣ.

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /panik/, [pə.nɪk]

Noun

panik (plural paniit)

1. daughter
   • 1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:

     Nuliaralu siullermik ernertaarpugut, ukiut marluk qaangiummata panmissaarluta,^{[sic – meaning panissaarluta]} sulilu ukiut marluk qaangiuteqqimmata panissaaqqilluta.

     My wife and I first had a son, two years later a daughter, and another two years after that, another daughter.

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panahik, compare Higaonon paminahik.

Verb

panik

1. to climb, to go up