aarluk

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *a(a)ʁlu(ɣ), from Proto-Eskimo *aʁɫuɣ. Compare Aleut aglux̂, Alutiiq aqɫuk, Inuinnaqtun aarlu, and Labrador Inuttut aalluk.

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /aarluk/, [ɑʶːɬ.ɬʊk]

Noun

aarluk (plural aarluit)

  1. killer whale (Orcinus orca)

Declension

Declension of aarluk
case singular plural
absolutive aarluk aarluit
ergative aarluup
allative aarlummut aarlunnut
ablative aarlummit aarlunniit
prolative aarlukkut aarlutsigut
locative aarlummi aarlunni
instrumental aarlummik aarlunnik
equative aarluttut

References

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