Talk:usteq

RFV discussion: September 2022–February 2023
Defined as "Yup'ik word for catastrophic land collapse caused by the melting of permafrost, coastal flooding and erosion". So I doubt it's an English word at all. Equinox ◑ 21:45, 4 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I tried to look up the etymology of this word and, as with several other words from this language family, I got stuck about halfway. I suspect it's a word that simply means "falling" or "collapse"  (from the stem uste-) and that the much more specific sense is confined to English. It isnt as obvious as it seems, because Eskimo-Aleut languages have complicated grammmar and we can't just assume a word usteq is built from uste- and a suffix -q. So I can't confirm anything, and I've put off replying until now.  — Soap — 17:39, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Just posting to say it's been cited,not by me so this should probably close now as it's been five months and the citations are clearly in English, without quote marks, etc. I can't really expect to get anywhere on finding the etymology without learning the language at least to entry level, but if I find the time, I'll remember this word and several others that I'm also interested in. — Soap — 19:03, 2 February 2023 (UTC)

RFV Passed Ioaxxere (talk) 22:41, 9 February 2023 (UTC)