kangerluk

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *kaŋi-ʁ (inner part, land side, source, innermost, inland), from Proto-Eskimo *kaŋi- (inner part of land, upstream).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /kaŋirluk/, [kə.ŋɜɬ.ɬʊk]

Noun

kangerluk (plural kangerluit)

  1. fjord, inlet

Declension

See also

  • Kangerluk (settlement in western Greenland)
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