kalaaleq

Greenlandic

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps a borrowing from and alteration of Old Norse skrælingi.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /kalaaliq/, [kə.ləːlɜq]

Proper noun

kalaaleq (plural kalaallit)

  1. Greenlander

References
  1. Samuel Kleinschmidt, Den Grønlandske Ordbog, 1871, page 164
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