torluk

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *tuqlu(ɣ) (“windpipe, call”), from Proto-Eskimo *tuqlu(v) (“throat, windpipe, call”). Compare torlorpaa (“call to him/her”).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /turluk/, [tɔɬ.ɬʊk]

Noun

torluk (plural torluit)

  1. throat
  2. trachea, windpipe

Declension

Declension of torluk
case singular plural
absolutive torluk torluit
ergative torluup
allative torlummut torlunnut
ablative torlummit torlunnit
prolative torlukkut torlutsigut
locative torlummi torlunni
instrumental torlummik torlunnik
equative torluttut

References

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