DCHP-1 Online
ikkumer [< Esk. ikoma candle] North, Obs. 
n. a kudlik or other lamp.
See also: kudlik
- 1865 (1960) [Water] is made only by melting snow or ice over the ikkumer (fire-lamp), which is an expensive heat and light when oil and blubber become scarce. . . .
- 1882 During the night we were visited by a severe thunder-storm, which frightened my tent-mates because unused to it, and they lighted an ikomer to take the sharp edge off the lightening.
- 1865 (1960) [Water] is made only by melting snow or ice over the ikkumer (fire-lamp), which is an expensive heat and light when oil and blubber become scarce. . . .