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/, [aʶːɬ.ɬʊk]

Noun

aarluk (plural aarluit)

  1. killer whale (Orcinus orca)

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

References
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