Talk:Siarnaq (moon)
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Another Inuit name, [SYAR-nuck], perhaps better Anglicized as [see-YAR-nuck].
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Heard back from Michael Kusugak, who proposed the name. NASA had given the pronunciation as "syar-NAK" in a press release, with the accent messed up (which happens surprisingly often). Michael said,
"You are right about the accents. Kiviuq is pronounced Ki' vi uq (kee' vee oq, the q is gutteral, pronounced in the back of the tongue). Paw' lee ahq, See' ar nahq and Ee' ye rahq."
Actually, the Inuit 'r' is also "gutteral" (uvular), rather like the French 'r'. kwami 06:05, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)
